Shūsaku
Arakawa
A Life Disrupted: The Conceptual Vision of Shūsaku Arakawa Shūsaku Arakawa, born in Nagoya, Japan, in 1936 and passing away in New York City in 2010, was an artist who dedicated his life to dismantling conventional perceptions. His journey wasn’t simply a progression through artistic …
A portrait built from Shūsaku Arakawa's own colours
Every 1 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.
