Swallow over the Ocean Wave
by Ohara Koson
- Date:
- description
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A swallow dips and banks over the heaving surface of an ocean wave — the tiny bird in relationship to the vastness of the sea, its aerobatic skill set against the massive, impersonal energy of moving water. Koson's swallow prints are among his most dynamic, the bird's speed and agility captured in the curve of the body and the swept-back wings. Over the ocean, the swallow's size relative to the wave creates a compositional tension between small form and large ground.
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