Prayer
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
"Prayer" is one of Tajima's most spiritually direct titles, suggesting ritual address to a force beyond the self — an act of supplication rendered through abstract form. The compositional language may invoke the upward gesture of prayer through vertical marks or ascending color fields, or the meditative stillness of the act through a minimal, concentrated composition. The work connects Tajima's abstract practice to the broader tradition of Japanese spiritual art.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Prayer was created by Hiroyuki Tajima (田島博之).
Prayer depicts religious and abstract.