Rostarr Graphysics 101 (Version II) 1998 Silkscreen, Numbered 62/100, Signed, Framed
Rostarr Graphysics 101 (Version II) 1998 Silkscreen, Numbered 62/100, Signed, Framed
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A System in Motion
Rostarr's interlocking forms turn graffiti energy into something like a diagram of physics. At this size the sheet behaves like a painting, filling a wall with movement.
Best for: Collectors of 1990s New York street and design culture, and large walls
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Sheet described as broadly good with little fading. Scratches and scuffs to the frame and acrylic glazing from display.
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Black, rounded shapes lock together like a puzzle over fields of orange, sky blue and acid yellow: Graphysics 101 (Version II), a 1998 silkscreen by the New York artist Rostarr, numbered 62/100 and framed at nearly a metre and a half across.
The Piece
Rostarr, the name used by Romon Kimin Yang, came up through the graffiti and design scenes of 1990s New York and developed a language of fluid, calligraphic forms that sits between brushwork and diagram. Graphysics, his own word, joins graphics and physics, and the image does feel like a system in motion: blobs, hooks and swelling bars nest into one another with no gaps, so the eye keeps moving across the surface without finding a centre.
The colour is flat and saturated, laid down screen by screen, and the black reads almost as a drawn line at this scale. On a wall it holds a room the way a large painting does.
The sheet is offered as signed and numbered 62/100, as the description states; the signature mark can be seen at the lower right in the photographs. It has been framed and displayed since purchase, and the frame is included.
Details
- Artist: Rostarr (Romon Kimin Yang)
- Title: Graphysics 101 (Version II)
- Year: 1998
- Medium: Silkscreen on paper
- Edition: Numbered 62/100, as described
- Signature: Offered as signed
- Framed size: 139 x 116 cm (54.7 x 45.7 in)
- Frame: Black frame with acrylic glazing, included
- Condition: Sheet broadly good; frame and acrylic marked
Condition
- The sheet is described as broadly good, with little or no fading noted.
- Scratches and scuffs to the frame and the acrylic glazing.
- Framed and displayed since purchase; the work is more than twenty years old.
Condition grade B (very good, light signs of use) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Signature and number are given as the description states them. Hang away from direct sun and damp; a new acrylic sheet can be fitted by any framer if the marks on the glazing trouble you.
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