Personifler 26

Personifler 26 — a French-derived word suggesting personification — is the twenty-sixth print in a series that attributes human qualities or personalities to abstract forms. The act of personification in visual art requires finding in non-human shapes the suggestion of human feeling, posture, or expression — transforming abstract geometry into implied character. Amano's geometric abstract vocabulary, which often suggests figures or presences within its formal arrangements, makes this kind of personifying series particularly natural territory.