“I enjoy the freedom of shaping clay directly with my hands… creating forms that express spontaneity,” says Yu Maeda. Based mostly close to Tokyo, the artist started experimenting with ceramics after a profession targeted on portray when he began reworking animals and imaginary beings into vibrant, lighthearted sculptures.
Maeda is influenced by the daring traces and graphic iconography of pop artwork, mixing summary types and conventional Japanese imagery into eclectic works. Skulls, birds, and different creatures counsel a sacred or non secular dimension.
The artist’s totem-like items merge concepts regarding ecosystems, nature’s cycles, and geometry, together with timeless motifs like botanicals, bugs, and the solar. As if lately unearthed with their vibrant pigments intact, his sculptures nod to historical cultures, our reverence for nature, and our dependence on different animals and the atmosphere to not solely survive however thrive.
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