Tetsuo Mizu 水島哲雄

Tetsuo Mizu (born 1944)
Manhattan, 1990
Color etching on wove paper
Signed, titled and numbered 132/160 in pencil
Sheet size: 82x64 cm
Size including frame: 105x86.5 cm
Condition: Mounted on backing paper. Framed under glass.
This work was not removed from its frame.

Tetsuo Mizu, born in Tokyo, studied at the Musashino Academy of Fine Arts and subsequently lived in various European cities. Mizu gained international recognition in the 1980s with his series of flags. For these works, he arranged international maritime signal flags in such a way that their alphabet spelled out towns or names. These geometric and colorful works have a textile-like structure and appear almost textured and tactile.