Work 65–66 belongs to one of the most dynamic and experimental phases of Yutaka Hatta’s career. The work captures a delicate equilibrium between stillness and movement: the meditative precision of the artist’s engravings coexists with the rhythmic energy of countless undulating lines, drawing the viewer into a dialogue between vision and touch.
Searching for a unique form of expression that was not a subgenre of European art, Hatta underwent a period of self-revolution at the age of 30 by burning his canvases and paintbrushes and abandoning oil painting, eventually leading him to find his own carving technique. The overlapping circular forms in Work 65–66 evoke a sense of order and grandeur, while the tactility of the materials and the marks of handiwork imbue the work with a sense of human warmth. Through this synthesis of geometry and materiality, Hatta developed a signature artistic language that bridges the laborious and the organic, the contemplative and the physical.