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“No!” Says the Signified by Shusaku Arakawa

“No!” Says the Signified by Shusaku Arakawa

Graphicstudio

Colour Lithograph

1974

Edition Size: 40; XX

Sheet Size: varies inches

Signed

Condition: Pristine

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This suite includes six prints plus screenprinted title page and lithograph colophon, housed in a gray, fabric-covered box with a screenprinted title.

Untitled 1 (Forgotten)
1973–1974
Color lithograph
Verso: lithograph
22-1/2 x 30-1/16 inches
Edition: 40; XX

Untitled 2 (Forget About Any Gray)
1973–1974
Color lithograph with screenprint
Verso: lithograph
22-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches
Edition: 40; XX

Untitled 3 (The Given)
1973-1974
Color lithograph
22-1/2 x 30-1/8 inches
Edition: 40; XX

Untitled 4 (Focus Here)
1973-1974
Color lithograph with collage
22-1/2 x 30-1/4 inches
Edition: 40; XX

Untitled 5 (Title: Subject)
1973-1974
Color lithograph with screenprint
22-1/2 x 30-1/16 inches
Edition: 40; XX

Untitled 6 (Movinged)
1973-1974
Color lithograph
22-1/2 x 30-1/8 inches
Edition: 40; XX

$10,000.00

The Artist

Shusaku Arakawa

The conceptual artist and architect Shusaku Arakawa believed that human beings could fend off death if only they lived in the right kinds of domestic spaces. He explored this premise in a number of projects he worked on with his wife Madeline Gins. The couple believed that a challenging living environment was the key to immortality. This idea informed the design for their Reversible Destiny Lofts MITAKA – In Memory of Helen Keller (2005), located in Mitaka, Tokyo. The “lofts” consist of nine residential units, the rooms of which are constructed in the shape of cylinders, cubes, and spheres. Arakawa and Gins took their ideas further in their Bioscleave House (Lifespan Extending Villa) (2008) constructed in East Hampton, New York. Painted in over 30 different colors, it features windows at inconvenient heights, undulating floors that resemble sand dunes, and oddly angled light switches. From 1963 onward, Arakawa worked alongside Dins on “The Mechanism of Meaning,” a constantly evolving manifesto/artwork which, in its first edition, consisted of around 80 panels that included diagrams, puzzles, and texts.

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