Life 4

A tall black totem-like figure with a forked, antenna-like head dominates the center, its lower body shifting to grey. To the left, a bold cobalt-blue patch and the numeral "7" sit above a sweeping curved black line, near an oval form filled with dense horizontal strokes; to the right, loose pencil-thin line drawings sketch a bicycle-like circular shape, a bird, and an egg-like body with dotted markings and dangling loops. The composition is abstract and diagrammatic, set against a bare white ground, mixing dense inked passages with sparse linear sketching. Life 4, by Noriko Saito, 2018, drypoint etching.