Inside a Cage
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The cage as image carries multiple resonances: confinement, protection, the paradox of a structure that simultaneously encloses and makes visible. Kitaoka's print examines the cage as formal object — its geometry of bars creating a grid through which the enclosed space (and perhaps the enclosed creature) is seen — while leaving open the interpretive question of what the cage means beyond its physical description. It is a print that rewards contemplation of the very idea of bounded space.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Inside a Cage was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Inside a Cage depicts animals and abstract.