AICON - String Theory

String Theory Hand Custom Print
(Limited Edition of 20)
Sumi Ink, Thread and Collage on Oversized Deckled Edge Paper
50 x 40 inches - 127 x 102 cm Unframed

Please note that all the works are a little bit different since they were hand customized by the artist but they all have a grey sumi ink background and layered pieces of paper or/and threads as seen on the picture. Select the number of the one you wish to purchase.

The print comes unframed (the frame is just for the photo as an example).
Shipping cost is already included. The print will ship end of October.

[ Important: ALL SALES ARE FINAL, no return or exchange are allowed. Thank you. ]

すべての作品はアーティストによって手作業でカスタマイズされているため、それぞれ少しずつ異なります。ただし、すべてに共通して、灰色の墨インクによる背景と、写真でご覧いただけるように紙片や糸が重ねられた構成になっています。ご購入を希望される作品の番号をお選びください。

プリントは額装されていません（写真の額はサンプルです）。
送料はすでに含まれており、出荷は10月末を予定しています。すべての販売は最終販売となります。返品・交換はお受けできませんのでご了承ください。

AICON Oxygen Levels
Opening Thursday September 25th 6pm to 8pm
Through Friday October 10th, 2025  

The Fridge 11E 78th Street, 4th Floor
Tue - Sat 1pm to 5pm  

The Fridge is pleased to present Oxygen Levels, a new body of work and our first solo exhibition by Japanese artist Aicon. Born in Kobe, Aicon studied Western Painting at Kyoto Seika University. Her artistic creations are immediately recognizable for their striking black line aesthetic and neo-minimal style. Drawing inspiration from classical portraiture, she distills these traditional forms to their very essence, creating works that are at once refined and bold. In her practice, Aicon explores three distinct dimensions. The first is the line itself. The second emerges through subtle variations in thickness and spacing, creating a rhythmic interplay across the surface. The third dimension appears when the viewer steps back, allowing the composition to coalesce into a complete image. This seamless flow between dimensions draws the viewer deeply into her work.

Aicon’s approach places her in continuity with the great Japanese Post-War Abstract painters, who sought to merge traditional aesthetics with modern abstraction. Her work similarly emphasizes the relationship between form, space, and perception, while bringing a contemporary sensibility that is uniquely her own. Through her signature stripe patterns, Aicon seeks to express the human figure as pure substance, stripped of narrative or judgment. Her work revisits visual art’s role in perception, offering a pure state of observation rather than commentary. By removing all superficial decoration, she creates a sense of clarity and quiet resolve within today’s overcrowded and visually saturated landscape.