The surface of this composition pulses with the vivid illusion of a crisply outlined circle. Naito created the impression of an edge by imagining a large round cutout rotated 180 degrees to subtly disrupt the regular pattern of vertical red and metallic blue stripes. After relocating from Tokyo to New York in 1958, Naito began using commercial paints to produce optical effects that test the limits of perception. As she described, “I try to experiment and manipulate materials to create my own world. . . . My concern is purely art and visual stimulation.”
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