Portion -Work No.9
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Katsunori Hamanishi (born 1949) is known for prints—frequently mezzotints—that investigate fragmentation, partial vision, and the formal properties of cropped or section views. 'Portion – Work No. 9' belongs to a numbered series indicating sustained formal investigation of a single theme across multiple iterations. Hamanishi's practice characteristically presents objects or architectural surfaces as partial views, emphasizing compositional geometry and the tension between what is shown and what is withheld at the frame's edge. If executed in mezzotint, the print would exhibit the medium's defining range: deep, velvety blacks built from the rocked ground, with luminous areas burnished to lighter tones. The numbered series format documents a sequential artistic inquiry, with each work in the group advancing or varying the central formal proposition rather than standing as an isolated image.
