Hanga
Climatic Discharge by Israel Campos — Japanese Gouache on amate paper backed on panel, 2020

Climatic Discharge

by Israel Campos

Date:
2020
Medium:
Gouache on amate paper backed on panel
Image courtesy of
Artsy

Description

Flagging before I write anything: this image is not a Japanese print. It shows two piñatas — a pink elephant (left) and a blue donkey/wolf-like animal (right) — each rigged on sticks, spilling confetti and colored ribbon streamers, with rows of hands reaching up from below against a plain tan background. The medium given, "gouache on amate paper," is traditional Mexican bark paper, consistent with piñata/Mexican folk-art imagery, not Japanese washi or woodblock technique.

Since this looks like a wrong file rather than a Japanese print, I didn't write a catalog entry that calls it one. Want me to:

  1. Write a plain factual description of this piece anyway (for a different, non-Japanese-print context), or
  2. Hold off — you locate the correct Japanese print image and re-send?

More Prints by Israel Campos

Frequently Asked Questions

Climatic Discharge was created by Israel Campos in 2020.