Tsuki
“I painted the background first, a brown that is almost black, and left it empty. Everything had to rest in the hands: a full moon held flat, the way you …
€800 — Popsan
“I painted the background first, a brown that is almost black, and left it empty. Everything had to rest in the hands: a full moon held flat, the way you hold a bowl you have just washed. All the light comes from there — the face, the fingers, the white collar; the rest waits in the shadow. I kept the kimono restrained, its grasses and its bird almost faded away, so that nothing would contest that place. The moon is usually something we look at from afar. Here, someone has brought it down and is holding it. I still don’t know whether she has just taken it or is about to give it back, and I preferred not to decide. Perhaps that is what I was looking for: the moment when you hold something to…
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