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    History of Leprosy

    Sadness

    帷子のやうな モノクロ 屈折して その中にゐる 独りの私

    2003, National Sanatorium Suruga, Japan. More details
    It is I
    Lone and bound in the distorted lines
    Of the monotone hanging shroud


    Cloth of a hanging screen is used as image of a shroud for the dead while the black and white monotone is an image of death. The painting is a depiction of the lonely self under forced isolation, resulting in total deprivation of freedom that even after death one cannot stretch one’s limbs in the coffin.
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    Details
    Title Sadness
    Title(Original language) 悲しみ
    Year 2003
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Suruga
    Genre Painting
    Owner Hiroko Kato
    Copyright Hiroko Kato