Minato Mari: Biwa Lake's Horizons, Dialogue with the Earth
VIP Preview: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Dates: Friday, September 23, 2022 - Friday, October 28
Venue: SOKYO ATSUMI
SOKYO ATSUMI is pleased to present Mari MINATO's solo exhibition “Biwa Lake’s Horizons, Dialogue with the Earth.” The show 's central and biggest work is “Biwa Lake’sHorizons”, the 31-ceramic tile piece created while in residence at the Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park in Shiga Prefecture from 2021 until early this year. Complementing it and providing a rounded view of her artistic direction are other ceramic and fabric pieces, including recent paintings done at her studio in Paris.
Her pieces become installations that fill the surrounding space. “Biwa Lake’s Horizons” 31 tiles stretch to seven meters and are laid onto pulverized once-fired clay or “chamotte” that has been spread on the low display platform to enhance a feeling for the Earth. How people confront space and time changes over the generations, but Minato’s exhibit here pushes the viewer to reimagine connections of people’s lives and history with the Earth. Among her artistic activities based overseas this exhibit focuses on her recent study and experiences in Japan.