■What "Reading Oil Paintings" means■ Gallery Talk September20.2001 Prof. Kazumichi SAKAMOTO (Techniques and Materials Section) The "Salmon" by TAKAHASHI is painted with appropriate procedures and methods from head to tail. The rope, head, and body of the fish are painted rather thickly, and their textures have been rendered bringing out the viscosity of the paint and the brushstrokes. On the other hand, the back-ground, the flesh, and the tail have been painted freely, making use of the color effects of the paper and the underpainting. ・What "Reading Oil Paintings" means ・Gallery Talk, August 9 ・Gallery Talk, August 16 ・Gallery Talk, August 23 ・Gallery Talk, August 30 ・Gallery Talk, September 6 ・Gallery Talk, September 13 ・Gallery Talk, September 20		left: "Salmon", TAKAHASHI Yuichi right: X-ray photograph of "Salmon"