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"Encounter" by Yoko Tanaka
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About the Item
With an illustrator’s eye for graphic impact and a wry sense of humor, artist Yoko Tanaka uses only a paint brush and her imagination to conjure whimsical landscapes and playful encounters. Lingering in the surreal, her dreamlike paintings of human-animal hybrids are at once mischievous and melancholic, painted within a limited palette of soft, smoky tones that give her works a sense of stillness and otherworldliness.
In this moody painting entitled "Encounter," black and white chess pieces are reimagined as preoccupied passerby, each shuffling past as they cross a checkered road. At the back of the board, two cloaked figures encounter each other face to face, both holding a paper airplane with nowhere left to throw it - perhaps a pair of stalemated pawns? The background of rolling hills is sparsely dotted with trees, mirroring the chess-piece figures, and creates a surreal, atmospheric landscape that fades into cloudy skies.
"Encounter," 2005
Yoko Tanaka
Acrylic on board. Framed.
Additional Dimensions:
Visible Painting: 21.75"W x 27.5"H
- Creator:Yoko Tanaka (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 24.75 in (62.87 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:2005
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:Seller: CYT0651stDibs: LU820045689812
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