Utsukushii (美)
Sumi ink on washi paper
Framed in black floating style w/ glass front
150 × 80 cm (framed)
“The Chinese/Japanese character for ‘beauty’. Depiction of the complete form of a sheep, with its horns and hind legs seen from above. Utsukushii refers to the beauty of a grown up sheep in ancient times, once offered to the gods as sacrifice. Sheep were praised as animals of perfection and absolute beauty.”
Sumi ink on washi paper
Framed in black floating style w/ glass front
150 × 80 cm (framed)
“The Chinese/Japanese character for ‘beauty’. Depiction of the complete form of a sheep, with its horns and hind legs seen from above. Utsukushii refers to the beauty of a grown up sheep in ancient times, once offered to the gods as sacrifice. Sheep were praised as animals of perfection and absolute beauty.”
Sumi ink on washi paper
Framed in black floating style w/ glass front
150 × 80 cm (framed)
“The Chinese/Japanese character for ‘beauty’. Depiction of the complete form of a sheep, with its horns and hind legs seen from above. Utsukushii refers to the beauty of a grown up sheep in ancient times, once offered to the gods as sacrifice. Sheep were praised as animals of perfection and absolute beauty.”