White Enso

These two enso circles (2017.12 and 2017.13) are created from a high-resolution scan of the artist’s hair. Masako Takahashi was born in the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah to Japanese American parents. Takahashi said: “Until recently I resisted the presumption that, being Japanese American, I should use Japanese iconography. After my father died in 2002, I perceived my personal history in a new way. I wanted to somehow experience that element of my past, and those feelings guided me to use the iconography of the ‘Zen zero’ symbol in the Hair Scan prints.”*

*Masako Takahashi official homepage: http://www. masakotakahashi.com/interview.html