dual life '99

This print formalises the title concept that organises Kurachi's mature practice — the simultaneous presentation of a natural order and a civilised one within a single sheet. Combining lithographic flatness with the incised line of etching, the 1999 work belongs to the period in which Kurachi consolidated his hybrid intaglio-and-stone method, layering photographic source material against drawn or bitten passages so that the two registers read as parallel rather than fused. The lithographic matrix carries broad tonal fields suited to atmospheric or landscape elements, while the etched plate contributes the fine linear structure typically reserved for architectural, mechanical, or human-made motifs in his work — a technical division that mirrors the conceptual one. Pulled the same year Kurachi received the Silver Prize at the Taiwan International Print Biennial, dual life '99 sits at the threshold of his international recognition and articulates the dual-world thesis that would recur across the editions of the following decade.