Samurai by Takeru Amano Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 164 x 115 cm Year: 2019 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?Samurai turns a warrior figure into a study of withheld identity: ceremonial dress and paired swords remain specific, while the face becomes an unreadable mask. Amano places a historically coded subject within a pared-back graphic vocabulary. Recognizable costume and a near-featureless face make individual character difficult to separate from cultural type.In the supplied photograph, the figure fills the canvas and meets the viewer frontally. Apparent yellow and blue fields create sharp visual contrast, while pale diagonal strokes loosen the otherwise controlled silhouette.The documented acrylic on canvas, measuring 164 by 115 cm, supports broad opaque areas and crisp contours. Small red accents around the mouth and sword fittings puncture the dominant colour blocks.Made in 2019, the painting is pertinent to collections examining how contemporary portraiture recodes inherited social roles. Its blank face shifts attention from personal likeness to the signs by which a warrior is recognized. About the ArtistTakeru Amano Takeru Amano is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: Japanese
