Look Back (3) Red

A work likely involving a figure seen from behind or in profile — the act of looking back, a posture loaded with suggestion in Japanese visual culture from ukiyo-e bijin-ga onward. Ono's figure work tends toward the archetypal rather than the portrait-specific, and the "Red" designation points to a bold chromatic choice that gives the composition additional force. The numbered series implies this is one of several related studies exploring the same gestural subject.