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Sculpture, Casting on Concrete
Size: 4.5 W x 16 H x 4.5 D in
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My love of concrete began when I was living in Harajuku, Tokyo back in 1997. I used to love getting lost roaming around the back streets of Harajuku, Aoyama and Omotesando marvelling at the concrete buildings and residential homes in those neighbourhoods. It was at this time that I also became interested in brutalist Architecture. Many years later, I was down in Takamatsu City shooting a wedding. A friend had told me about a group of islands in the Seto sea that were known for their contemporary art museums, architecture and outdoor sculptures. When I saw a photo of the Benesse Art Museum on Naoshima Island I immediately scraped my tongue off the floor and booked my ferry ticket. The museum and sprawling outdoor concrete sculpture complex was designed by the master of concrete architecture Tadao Ando. I learned later that Ando had also designed many of the buildings I saw and loved on my walks around Tokyo. In 2017 I started to experiment with my own ideas by casting thin concrete reliefs with geometric patterns that were initially intended to be hung on walls. I became a little (a lot) obsessed with making coloured concrete domes using oxides which I set into reliefs. I also set them in concrete monoliths of various heights and colours. The whole process of making the form, setting the concrete and waiting to pull the form away is so magical to me. You never know exactly what you’re going to get, and for me that process is pure alchemy and a joy every time. As a firm believer in the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi (the appreciation of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”) I’m always eager to see what ‘imperfections’ have set into the objects as I remove them from their moulds. I believe that like all things in the natural world, it’s the differences, and the appreciation of those differences that makes a thing unique, and inherently beautiful.
Original Created:2024
Subjects:Architecture
Sculpture:Casting on Concrete
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:4.5 W x 16 H x 4.5 D in
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:No
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Australia.
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