A Fedrifuge

A Fedrifuge — possibly a misspelling or creative spelling of "febrifuge" (a substance that reduces fever) or a portmanteau word — presents an unusual, perhaps deliberately opaque title for a Yamaguchi abstract work. Whether medical metaphor or purely invented word, the title suggests a work that treats the idea of reduction, cooling, or elimination — the drawing out of something excessive or harmful from a system. Yamaguchi's cryptic or philosophically allusive titles are characteristic of his engagement with ideas beyond the purely visual.