The Crust of the Earth - Latent Form 2

TitleThe Crust of the Earth - Latent Form 2
Artist岡本敦生 OKAMOTO Atsuo/野田裕示 NODA Hiroji
Date1996
Dimensions33.0×12.5×11.7
ClassificationSculptures
Accession NumberJS199700001002
SummaryThe Crust of the Earth — Latent Form are collaborated works in which Noda has drawn his sinuous lines and geometric designs on the smooth surfaces of Okamoto's sculpture. It is extremely rare to find a sculptor and painter creating a collaborated work, but it comes after Noda's experiments with the support media for his paintings and his long-standing desire to paint his works on the earth itself. Noda was the one who conceived of the idea of using a sculpture as his ground material and even though there are differences between painting and sculpture, he conveyed this idea to Okamoto, a contemporary who had also experimented with escaping from Minimalism. Okamoto then came up with some forms that would suit the experiment and they began making joint works. This work is a result of the collaboration, and without losing the distinctive qualities of the two different artists, it creates a highly finished work that fuses painting with sculpture, in some ways like that of a cave wall painting.

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