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西日本由来の作家を中心とした現代工芸の動向を紹介します。小川宣之は清水焼窯元に生まれたが、既存の価値観に対してのサブカルチャー要素を取り入れ、美意識とユーモアを込めた作品を発表する。村田彩は練り込みで、触手のような有機的な造形で「生命」のあり方を表現する。篠崎裕美子はエネルギッシュで有機的な形に装飾を重ね、欲求から生み出された陶芸を表現する。三木陽子は生や死、意識や無意識の境界をテーマに、工業製品や動物、身体を組み合わせ、日常を異化し、陰陽と表裏を表している。古賀真弥は銅を用いた彫金に生じる錆を用いて、過去・現在・未来などの時の流れが変化し続ける中に見られる瞬間的な造形美を表現する。

Gallery concept

YOD gallery will introduce the trend in contemporary craft of Western Japan. Nobuyuki Ogawa (b.1963, Kyoto), born in the potter family of “Kiyomizu-ware,” creates works with unique sense of aesthetic and humor taking the elements of subculture existing against-established systems and values in his work. Aya Murata (b.1979, Kyoto) uses “Nerikomi” technique (patterns made by layering and kneading threads of colored clay) to transform clays into tentacle-like organic shapes, further to visualize the charm of life. Yumiko Shinozaki (b.1987, Fukuoka) makes organic shaped, brightly colored ceramic sculptures filled with energy, by simply following her instincts. Yoko Miki (b.1963, Hyogo) speaks of ideas such as Yin-Yang and front-and-back by dissimilating and re-composing daily environment with her ceramic objects. Her works uniquely combine industrial material with parts of animal and human body. The notion of boundaries between life and death, consciousness and unconsciousness underlies as a theme. Masaya Koga (b.1988, Fukuoka) produces metal engraving work in copper, taking advantage of the patina. With the idea of time including the notion of past, present and future, Koga sculpts the momentary beauty found in things that are in constant flux.