Trace 11-53

Trace 11-53 (2011) by Emi Uchida is an abstract composition in oil, charcoal, and hemp paper on panel, dominated by a dense, tangled web of black charcoal lines that thickens toward the edges and thins near the center. This web sits over a pale cream ground bordered by a lavender-grey frame, with a horizontal maroon-red bar near the top and a muted olive-tan rectangular block lower right and along the bottom edge. The palette is restrained — cream, grey-violet, dark red, and tan — giving the piece a quiet, contemplative mood despite the frenetic density of the linework.