885 1985

Funasaka Yoshisuke made this print, called 885, using a combination of flat colour planes and linear elements. Yoshisuke's way of working feels like a game of colour and line, like he's trying to find a balance between the solid blocks and the more playful squiggles. Look at the surface, it's not perfectly smooth, right? You can see the texture of the material, and the layers of ink. This layering gives the print a depth, making it feel less like a flat image and more like a space. The thin red lines create a grid, or even a kind of scaffolding, while the colourful lines almost resemble pieces of string hanging. These elements dance across the surface and give the piece a lively, improvisational quality, a bit like what you might see in the work of Agnes Martin. Yoshisuke has a similar interest in geometry and rhythm. Art's not about answers; it's about the questions we ask, and the conversations we have.