Hiroshi Senju at Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Sublime images of cliff faces by Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju (as seen here in detail) begin as mulberry washi paper, sourced from a specialist paper maker who can only make the paper in winter. After creating texture by hand-rumpling the large paper sheets, Senju uses handmade brushes and natural and synthetic pigments to render the natural world as apparition. (On view at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Chelsea through Jan 13th).

Hiroshi Senju, detail of At World’s End #11, acrylic and natural pigments on Japanese mulberry paper mounted on board, 63.8 x 51.3 inches, 2017.