Haniwa Pair
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
The Haniwa Pair places two of the ancient clay figures in compositional relationship, allowing Saito to explore the interaction of simplified human forms—how similar shapes in proximity create rhythm and tension, how the space between figures carries as much formal weight as the figures themselves. This compositional move echoes his paired cat prints, suggesting that for Saito the problem of two identical or near-identical forms in dialogue was a persistent formal preoccupation.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Haniwa Pair was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Haniwa Pair depicts religious, still life, and abstract.