Cutting Dot-C

Cutting Dot-C belongs to Tsubota's ongoing investigation into geometric reduction, focusing on the dot as a primary formal unit subjected to interruption or division. The title suggests a halved or severed circular element, and the composition likely plays a hard-edged form against a field of contrasting tone or color. The combination of lithography and silkscreen allows Tsubota to layer ink densities with precision: lithographic passages can produce soft tonal gradients while silkscreen contributes flat, optically intense color planes. The "C" designation implies this print is part of a serialized sequence in which the artist systematically varies a single parameter — scale, color temperature, or orientation — across editions. This methodical approach reflects the influence of systematic abstraction prominent in Japanese print circles during the 1970s and 1980s.