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Title
Junk yard XXV
1991
Artist
Andô Michiko
Japan
1948 -

About
Educated at Musashino Art University, and now resident in Tokyo, Andoh's surrealist images exploit the play of light over material forms. In her disturbing series on junk yards, the discarded jettison of an industrial society becomes an organism, quietly extending its threatening tentacles in the eerie light of an uninhabited and polluted landscape. The 'open bite' technique she has employed for the background creates surface texture and re-inforces the sinister ambience of the composition.
Jackie Menzies, Contemporary Japanese Prints: The Urban Bonsai, 1992, pg. 24.
Details
Date
1991
Materials used
etching
Edition
2/30
Dimensions
100.0 x 60.0 cm image; 106.0 x 68.0 cm sheet
Signature & date
Signed l.r., in Japanese, pencil "Michiko". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the artist 1993
Location
Not on display
Accession number
407.1993

Place
Where the work was made
Japan
Shown in 1 exhibition
Exhibition history
The Urban Bonsai:
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 04 Mar 1992–04 May 1992
- National Art Gallery, Wellington, Wellington 20 Jun 1992–09 Aug 1992
- Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch 12 Sep 1992–29 Oct 1992
- Manawatu Art Gallery, New Zealand 13 Nov 1992–10 Jan 1993
- The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne 18 Mar 1993–25 Apr 1993
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 08 May 1993–01 Aug 1993
- Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains 11 Mar 1994–24 Apr 1994
- Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra 19 May 1994–19 Jun 1994
- Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown 15 Jul 1994–21 Aug 1994
- Moree Plains Gallery, Moree 11 Nov 1994–24 Dec 1994
- Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah 01 Feb 1995–05 Mar 1995
Referenced in 1 publication
Bibliography
Jackie Menzies, Contemporary Japanese Prints : The Urban Bonsai, Sydney, 1992, 15 (colour illus.), 24. cat.no. 3