Description:
Sheet of handmade paper with three fields of color blue, brown and orange, that join and overlap in an irregular curving line.
Label Text:
Label text from the exhibition (OFF)BALANCE: Art in the Age of Human Impact, March 27-May 9, 2025:
In Corrupted (Haystack), Mina Takahashi and her collaborative partner, Karen Gorst delve into the alchemical potentials of papermaking by combining a historically warned-against pigment combination – copper and sulfur. Their experiments resulted in a reactive and transformative process, coaxing a dynamic color interaction between paper and ink.
Where overlapping cadmium orange and malachite blue pigmented paper pulp converge a chemical reaction occurs resulting in a dramatic color change – the brown color. Due to this type of chemical reaction the new color will continue to change color over time creating a work that is always evolving. - Eva R. Barajas, MA Candidate Art Education
The use of these environmentally toxic pigments challenges the viewer to consider the alchemical transformations within our built environment and the hidden meaning beneath the surface of Takahashi’s sloping, rusting haystacks.
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abstract Subjects:
Art, Abstract; Cotton Link to share this object record:
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