{"product_id":"imai-norio-white-shadow-2023","title":"Imai Norio - White Shadow (2023)","description":"\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhite Shadow (2023)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Imai Norio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e White Shadow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Archival pigment print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42.4 × 34.8 cm (16¾ × 13¾ in.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60 — signed and numbered in pencil below the image\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e MoMAK 60th Anniversary Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 caIGcn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0  cxWOSI\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e (2023) is an archival pigment print produced for the 60th Anniversary Editions of MoMAK — the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto — in a strict edition of 60, signed and numbered by the artist in pencil at lower right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo irregular white polygonal forms lie against a ground of dense black spray — the black radiating outward from behind each shape in a soft, luminous halo, the white of the forms themselves untouched. The title is precise: these are shadows cast not by darkness but by light, or rather by the absence of black — the shape defined entirely by what surrounds it rather than by what it contains. The spray disperses at the edges into individual particles of pigment, so the boundary between form and ground is never a line but a gradient, a zone of uncertainty where white and black negotiate their territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eImai Norio works at the intersection of concrete art, process-based practice, and the material investigation that defined the Japanese avant-garde from the 1970s onward. His practice is built on simple, verifiable operations — the application of spray to paper or canvas, the placement of a form, the documentation of a physical event — in which the resulting image is never composed so much as produced. The spray obeys physics; the white shapes obey geometry; the work is what happens between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e distils this logic into a single image of considerable formal power. The composition is asymmetric — two shapes at oblique angles, the black field heavier behind one than the other — and yet entirely resolved. It is a work that rewards sustained looking: what appears as a photographic record of a studio process reveals itself as a precisely calibrated study in figure, ground, light and mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/collections\/collection-lee-ufan-minimalisme-philosophie-zen-et-esthetisme-radical\" title=\"Collection Lee ufan\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003e➡️ Contact us for any question\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"454\"\u003eFAQ \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original Imai Norio print?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — an original archival pigment print, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, from an edition of 60.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the MoMAK 60th Anniversary Edition?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA series of editions produced to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK), one of Japan’s foremost modern art institutions, pairing landmark works with new fine art print editions in strictly limited runs of 60.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is \u003cem\u003eWhite Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e about?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title describes the visual logic precisely: the white forms are defined entirely by the black spray that surrounds them — shadows of white cast against darkness rather than darkness cast against light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo you ship internationally?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — worldwide, with full insurance and tracking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eYou might also love \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/collections\/kaws?_pos=2\u0026amp;_psq=kaws\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKaws\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e— explore the collection !\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cartplacer gallery=\"109863\" default_style=\"true\" position=\"below-add\" button_width=\"auto\" resizable=\"false\" frames=\"true\" rotate=\"false\" dimensions_standard=\"hxw\" unit=\"cm\" catalog=\"false\" data_capture_form=\"false\" type=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/artplacer\u003e \u003cartplacer gallery=\"109863\" default_style=\"true\" position=\"below-add\" button_width=\"auto\" resizable=\"false\" frames=\"true\" rotate=\"false\" dimensions_standard=\"hxw\" unit=\"cm\" catalog=\"false\" data_capture_form=\"false\" type=\"2\" space=\"122633\" additional_spaces=\"122633\"\u003e\u003c\/artplacer\u003e \u003cartplacer gallery=\"109863\" default_style=\"true\" position=\"below-add\" button_width=\"auto\" dimensions_standard=\"hxw\" unit=\"cm\" type=\"3\"\u003e\u003c\/artplacer\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imai Norio","offers":[{"title":"42.4 × 34.8 cm","offer_id":55130587300186,"sku":null,"price":1768.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0243\/8699\/4210\/files\/ImaiNorio-WhiteShadow_2023.png?v=1793874578","url":"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/fr\/products\/imai-norio-white-shadow-2023","provider":"LYNART STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}