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the layer of self_vfm5 by Masayuki Tsubota — Japanese Gesso, pigment, acrylic on basswood, 2014

the layer of self_vfm5

by Masayuki Tsubota

Date:
2014
Medium:
Gesso, pigment, acrylic on basswood
Image courtesy of
Artsy

Description

This is not a Japanese woodblock print — the image shows a freestanding red sculpture (a stacked-layer wood form), and the medium given (gesso/pigment/acrylic on basswood) confirms it's a 3D sculptural piece rather than a print. Flagging this as a likely mismatched/out-of-scope catalog entry. Here's the factual description based on the image and metadata:

"The Layer of Self_vfm5" (2014) by Masayuki Tsubota is a freestanding sculpture in gesso, pigment, and acrylic on basswood, shown in a studio photograph against a plain light-grey backdrop. It consists of a tall rectangular column built from dozens of thin, closely stacked red layers whose edges undulate in and out along the height, forming a wave-like, faceted silhouette with sharply pointed corners; the column rests on three flat, solid rectangular base blocks. The surface is a uniform saturated red throughout, with a soft shadow cast to the right of the piece on the plain surface beneath it.

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the layer of self_vfm5 was created by Masayuki Tsubota (坪田昌之) in 2014.