Attention Sweet Words
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$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.
Figures and text fragments interweave in this woodblock print, where the title's pairing of "attention" and "sweet words" suggests the seductive pull of language, flattery, or advertising. Hiratsuka builds the composition from overlapping elements that resist a single focal point, forcing the eye to wander across competing zones of imagery and implied narrative. The print's surface carries the texture of carved wood transferred through pressure, a physical immediacy that grounds the conceptual content in material process. Human forms appear partially obscured or fragmented, as though attention itself is the force pulling them apart. The sweet words of the title remain unwritten, present only as an atmosphere of persuasion that permeates the visual field.
Attention Sweet Words was created by Yuji Hiratsuka (平塚雄二).
Attention Sweet Words depicts figures and abstract.
