Huge Stones (Osaka) 1

Kirsten Cooper

'Huge Stones (Osaka) 1', 2024

oil on canvas - yellow ochre, titanium dioxide, black iron oxide & walnut oil

Tray framed in white

950mm x 800mm 

$2,500

Surrounding Osaka Castle are enormous open squares and dry moats. They are protected by massive walls of stone, cut and abutted with great precision to create a vast abstract canvas. These walls speak of strength, skill and impenetrability, and generate a kind of awe at humankind’s ability to manipulate environments for their benefit.