
Four Combs
1963
A complex web of intersecting lines, arrows, and text fragments spreads across the canvas, rendered in oil, Biro, and coloured pencil. Arakawa's systematic yet enigmatic visual language charts an uncertain conceptual terrain, where the notion of "four combs" becomes a vehicle for exploring the relationship between language, diagrammatic thinking, and perception. The layering of materials creates a tension between the mechanical and the gestural, blurring the boundaries between image and text.
- Medium
- oil, Biro and coloured pencil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 9, 2018
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