shinro
ohtake
A Tapestry of Memory: The Visionary World of Shinro Ohtake In the vibrant, often chaotic landscape of contemporary Japanese art, few figures command as much fascination as Shinro Ohtake. Born in Tokyo in 1955, Ohtake has cultivated a creative existence that defies easy categorization, operating …
A portrait built from shinro ohtake's own colours
Every 2 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.