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Boro 2026.2 by Craig Anczelowitz — Japanese Mixed media on washi (ink, paper)

Boro 2026.2

by Craig Anczelowitz

Medium:
Mixed media on washi (ink, paper)
Dimensions:
68 × 61 cm
Image courtesy of
Saatchi Art

Description

Boro 2026.2 continues Anczelowitz's 2026 series invoking the boro textile tradition, working again with ink and layered paper on washi to simulate the accretive logic of cloth repaired across time. Where boro textiles accumulate mended patches that reveal the biography of an object, this work builds its surface through the assembly and overworking of paper fragments whose edges remain legible as seams. Ink applied over these joined planes both describes and obscures their structure, producing areas of density and transparency that shift across the sheet. The washi ground contributes its own fibrous texture to the overall surface, blurring the boundary between substrate and applied material. As the second work in the series, it develops the formal vocabulary established in 2026.1 while maintaining the improvisational quality central to boro's aesthetic of accumulation.

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Boro 2026.2 was created by Craig Anczelowitz.

Boro 2026.2 depicts abstract.

Boro 2026.2 measures 68 × 61 cm.