Freak
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
$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.
The provocative single-word title announces a figure or situation that deviates from expected norms, and Hiratsuka's woodblock print delivers imagery that matches that disruption. Forms twist, overlap, and break conventional boundaries within the composition, resisting easy categorization. The human body, if present, is rendered in ways that challenge standard anatomical representation, pushing toward the grotesque or the ecstatic. Hiratsuka's carving technique leaves visible tool marks that contribute to the print's raw energy, each gouge a record of physical force applied to the woodblock. The print occupies territory between figuration and abstraction, where recognizable elements surface and submerge within a restless visual field.
Freak was created by Yuji Hiratsuka (平塚雄二).
Freak depicts figures and abstract.
