Hisao Hanafusa Japanese American, b. 1937
67.3 x 146.1 cm per panel
An exquisite example of Hisao Hanafusa’s enigmatic series “Fifth Dimension,” Byōbu II combines the traditional Japanese art of gilded screens with a post-minimalist interest in the idea of process. The three vertical shapes in dark grays, which are made of chemically treated aluminum paints, call to mind the shadow of a figure. When folded, the chemicals slowly oxidize the silver leaves on the adjacent panel, changing their complexions, and in doing so, create an indexical print of the former.
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