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Accession Number 1999.24.2 Title Quiet returning Object Type print Artist Ikeda, Ryoji View People Details » Date Made 1998 Culture/Nationality Japanese Materials ink on paper; photoetching; chine colle Measurements image: 16.3 x 23.2 cm; sheet: 46.8 x 38.4 cm Description

Ryoji Ikeda is known for his sense of mystery in his photographs. The viewer is allowed only a glimpse into an interior which they can never fully identify. His monochromes remove sections of a scene which is filled…

Ryoji Ikeda is known for his sense of mystery in his photographs. The viewer is allowed only a glimpse into an interior which they can never fully identify. His monochromes remove sections of a scene which is filled with solitary props. Light, perspective, darkness and formal emphasis on ink and material leaves the viewer with a sense of loneliness, decay, and a haunting ambiguity.

Read More + Edition Number H.C. Credit Line Gift of Musashino Art University Location Print Study Centre