$1,000–$5,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Hiratsuka's intricate mixed-media prints appeal to collectors of both Japanese and contemporary Western art.
Hiratsuka's woodblock print comments on the global art market's digital transformation, with imagery that references the migration of Asian art objects from galleries and auction houses to online platforms. The title itself reads like a search-engine listing, a deliberate collision between commercial language and the handmade woodblock medium. Figures and objects are layered in a semi-surreal arrangement that suggests browsing, scrolling, and the flattening of cultural artifacts into screen-sized thumbnails. Hiratsuka's technique combines Western-influenced compositional depth with the flat color areas of traditional Japanese printmaking, creating a hybrid visual space where old and new modes of looking coexist uneasily.
Asian Collection Internet Auction was created by Yuji Hiratsuka (平塚雄二).
Asian Collection Internet Auction depicts figures and abstract.
