A pale figure gathers drifting strands of hair that coil around her body like incense smoke. In this luminous work, Iwasaki Eri dissolves the boundary between body and atmosphere, the flowing lines enveloping the figure in a quiet vortex. Traditional materials appear in washi (Japanese mulberry paper) and iwa-enogu (ground mineral pigments), recalling the mineral radiance of classical Japanese painting. The circling forms evoke the sinuous rhythms of the octopus scene by Katsushika Hokusai (Lot 43), while this ghostly beauty emerging from darkness recalls spectral women depicted by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Lot 40). The fragile, dissolving body also resonates with meditations on identity and transformation in the film poster Ghost in the Shell (Lot 28).
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