Label Text:
Maki Haku is the artistic name of Maejima Tadaaki, who was the youngest student of Onchi Kōshirō. In the early 1960s, his printing practice focused on embossing and abstract black-and-white forms, often using cement layered on plywood as a highly textured printing block. While these two works display his characteristic deep embossing, they are also reflective of his interest in poetry and Chinese characters, a central part of his practice since the late 1960s. The ideograms in "Chinese Poem" mean “the pulpwood of the lemon tree (citrus medica),” a reference to the material origins of papermaking. The inclusion of a red name seal is a hallmark of the artist’s works, which he printed in large editions—usually in excess of two hundred impressions. In order to increase access to his art, Maki always sold his prints for relatively low prices, even after achieving widespread recognition.
BB, 2014
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