Allegorie No. 1: Family (b) 1948

Koshiro Onchi made this print, Allegorie No. 1: Family (b), with a real sense of play and experimentation. It feels like he's thinking through his process, letting the materials lead the way. The textures here are dreamy, created with what looks like layers of translucent color. Look at the brown of the torso—it’s not just brown, it’s a field of subtle variations. The lines, like the one bisecting the composition, are so minimal, yet they bind the image together. It reminds me of how Agnes Martin used lines to create these quiet, meditative spaces. The circular form, a deep red, it's like an anchor, or maybe even a planet in this constellation of shapes. Onchi is like a conductor of this abstract orchestra. It's not about perfect representation, but about feeling, about a mood, about the messy, beautiful process of making. He's a reminder that art is always a conversation, a back-and-forth between what we see and how we feel.