Fulcrum

Two long, narrow triangular bands form a wide V shape converging near the bottom center of the composition, each filled with a diamond-patterned sequence of pastel colors — yellow, coral, teal, lavender, and orange arranged in diagonal checkered bands. The V shapes sit against a mottled gray-brown ground incised with an irregular network of thin crisscrossing lines suggesting a fractured or faceted surface. There are no figures; the composition is abstract and geometric. Takuji Hamanaka, *Fulcrum*, 2022, collaged woodcut with metallic foil on museum board.