The vermilion torii rises here not merely as architectural shorthand but as pure chromatic assertion - a structure that flattens itself willingly into symbol. The debt is to ukiyo-e, where the woodblock's flat planes and hard contours made no apology for refusing depth. Fenella the great's flowering trees, scrawled in hot pink and acid green, crowd the frame, while the hiragana inscription anchors the composition in the specific and the bodily.
The vermilion torii rises here not merely as architectural shorthand but as pure chromatic assertion - a structure that flattens itself willingly into symbol. The debt is to ukiyo-e, where the woodblock's flat planes and hard contours made no apology for refusing depth. Fenella the great's flowering trees, scrawled in hot pink and acid green, crowd the frame, while the hiragana inscription anchors the composition in the specific and the bodily.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery