Utatane
“Utatane is the sleep you never decided on. She sat down at the low table, laid her head on her arms, and the room went out around her. I painted her almo…
€800 — Popsan
“Utatane is the sleep you never decided on. She sat down at the low table, laid her head on her arms, and the room went out around her. I painted her almost entirely in blues and greys: the loose jumper, the thick quilted cover of the kotatsu, the dark wooden walls. Only the paper window, at the top left, keeps a yellow glow, with a round vase silhouetted against it. The face has taken on the colour of the room, pale and bluish, with the red of the lips as the last thing still awake. And then there is the mandarin. It is the brightest colour in the painting; set beside the cup, it leaves an orange reflection on the table that glides like a small flame. She may have been asleep for a minute,…
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