Shoichi Ida (Japanese, 1941–2006). Descended Triangle No. 6, 1987. Color spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé, Sheet: 26 x 22 5/8 in. (66 x 57.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nancy Genn, 1991.215.9. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.215.9_IMLS_PS4.jpg)
Shoichi Ida (Japanese, 1941–2006). Descended Triangle No. 6, 1987. Color spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé, Sheet: 26 x 22 5/8 in. (66 x 57.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nancy Genn, 1991.215.9. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.215.9_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Descended Triangle No. 6
Contemporary Art
This print evokes one of the key visual metaphors associated with Kali, who is sometimes depicted as pure geometric abstraction, in the form of a yantra, rather than as a multilimbed goddess. Yantras are spiritual visualization instruments specific to the philosophy and ritual of Tantra, a sect of both Hinduism and Buddhism. The Kali yantra is a red and black diagram of interlocking triangles, lotus petals, and geometric forms, and is one of several symbolic representations of shakti (female divine energy). The inverted triangle also resonates with the contemporary use of pink and black triangles as symbols of queer identity.
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PORTFOLIO/SERIES
From the series: Between Vertical and Horizon
A set of six color spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé
PRINTER
Nancy Anello
PUBLISHER
Crown Point Press
MEDIUM
Color spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé
DATES
1987
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 26 x 22 5/8 in. (66 x 57.5 cm)
Image: 14 x 14 in. (35.6 x 35.6 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1991.215.9
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Nancy Genn
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Shoichi Ida (Japanese, 1941–2006). Descended Triangle No. 6, 1987. Color spit bite aquatints with soft ground etching and drypoint on gampi paper chine collé, Sheet: 26 x 22 5/8 in. (66 x 57.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nancy Genn, 1991.215.9. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.215.9_IMLS_PS4.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 14/15
IMAGE
overall, 1991.215.9_IMLS_PS4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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