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Form Remaining in Memory

2011
Not on view
With its visible workings of multiple layers, this experimental work offers unusual insight into the laborious dry-lacquer (kanshitsu) technique. Here, the ancient medium of lacquer functions as a vehicle for expressing pure form rather than containment.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 田中信行作 「記憶にあるかたち」
  • Title: Form Remaining in Memory
  • Artist: Tanaka Nobuyuki (Japanese, born 1959)
  • Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
  • Date: 2011
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Lacquer on hemp
  • Dimensions: H. 37 3/8 in. (95 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); D. 12 5/8 in. (32 cm)
  • Classification: Lacquer
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2012
  • Object Number: 2012.91
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Tanaka Nobuyuki
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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