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Evoking Organic Growth, Toru Kurokawa's Ceramic Sculptures Stretch and Swell into Abstract Forms
11 days ago | By Colossal
“Visceral vision.” All images © Tour Kurokawa, shared with permission
The natural growth process, which begins with the replication of a single cell and eventually produces bodily systems and lifeforms, informs the practice of artist Toru Kurokawa. Based in Kyoto, Kurokawa transforms amorphous hunks of clay into organic sculptures that bow and bend. The malleable material stretches to reveal pockets of negative space or to generate undulating edges, and once fired, the works appear to freeze those movements. “I would like to create a space that fuses the two things, existence and...
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