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Maker(s):Wesley, John
Culture:American (1928-)
Title:Under the Sea of Japan
Date Made:1991
Type:Print
Materials:Screenprint in colors
Measurements:Sheet: 28 in x 21 3/8 in; 71.1 cm x 54.3 cm
Accession Number:  UM 2013.33
Credit Line:Gift in memory of Risa Gerrig '81 by the Gerrig-Peterson family.
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
Tessellated blue cartoon fishes against blue background.

Label Text:
Label text from “The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection,” September 10 – October 12, 2014:
Wesley creates a dizzying pattern of blue fish, evocative of decorative wallpaper or a playful optical illusion. This work achieves this decorative narrative through the use of a limited range of colors and its overall flatness, echoing a Pop Art aesthetic. Arranging the fish in a grid format allows the blue negative space to come forward and compete for space in the foreground. - Shelby Miner (B.A. '15)

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