Kumi Sugai “S. Rose Color”

Author birth and death: 1919 Mikage-cho, Muko-gun [Kobe] (Hyogo) – 1996 Kobe (Hyogo)
Year of production: 1991
Technique Materials: Oil, acrylic, canvas
Dimensions: 73.0 x 49.6 cm
Signature: Signed “SUGAÏ” on the bottom left; Signed and dated “SUGAÏ/1991” on the back

Edited by Rintaro Terakado, “Ishii Collection I. Paintings from the University of Tsukuba,” University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, 2011, cat. 58.

Collection number: 2010-JO-IS007

Work description:

It is well known that Sugai was an unparalleled lover of Porsches. Even after a near-fatal accident in 1967, he continued to hold the steering wheel as if it were natural.Obsessed with speed and tension, this artist began working on the "S Series" in 1988 as the culmination of his own work. The shape, which resembles two S letters connected vertically, is the artist SUGAÏ's initials, as well as a ``sign'' indicating himself.Sugai repeatedly drew the letter "S" while changing the patterns and colors.In the early stages of this series, highly saturated colors were often used, but the slightly lighter colors in this work can be seen as a developmental stage in the series.The three yellow arrows that direct the movement from bottom to top and the XNUMX-part S-shaped motif suggest Sugai's faith in a certain kind of regularity.