Bamboo in Summer

Bamboo in summer catches the particular quality of light that transforms this plant most dramatically — the intense green of midsummer growth, leaves casting moving shadow patterns on pale stems, the whole grove animated by a breeze. Kasamatsu's bamboo prints explore the formal properties of this endlessly repeated vertical subject: how the stems establish rhythm, how the leaves articulate space, how light filters through a grove that is simultaneously transparent and enclosing.