Ken Matsubara Japanese, 1948
"Gen" 玄, 2013
Painting
H17 x W72 in
H44 x W184 cm
H44 x W184 cm
A27285
Black, mysterious, and dramatic. Like the calm before the storm, or the primordial soup prior to the cosmic event that began all life from nothingness, ‘Gen’ represents all of nature; shinra bansho. Light and darkness converge, like yin wrestling against yang. 'Gen' constitutes a certain obscured sensibility in which matter appears and dissipates at a moment’s notice.