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EXPRESS AND EXPLORE

Contemporary Japanese Glass
14/09/2021 – 26/11/2021
 
 
 
 
 

ESH Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition Express and Explore, a group show dedicated to contemporary Japanese glass organised on the occasion of Milan Art Week 2021.

The exhibition’s aim is to bring the public closer to beauty through the work of five Japanese artists who use glass as a material of expression: works suspended between space and time, halfway between art, design and craft that will expand the exhibition offer of Milan after a long period of forced closure.

Although far from each other in technique and aesthetic research, the sculptures on display draw attention to an art form that, for a long time bound to tradition, today is the subject of experimentation by the younger generations of Japanese who look to the West to exploit the countless plastic potential. In the creation of their works, the artists presented “express and explore” themselves, and in the act of making art they combine their emotions, sensations and beliefs with the material to create the form.

The works that emerge from this endless exploration are imbued with freshness and energy, and with each encounter we find that they stir our own, innate energy for living in today’s world, and the joy of letting our imaginations fly.

Artworks by Yoshiaki Kojiro, Runa Kosogawa, Ōki Izumi, Ryo Sekino, Shohei Yokoyama

Shohei Yokoyama
Amorphous 18-40
2021
Vetro soffiato
cm 29 × 40 × 34

 

Ryo Sekino
Kokusyo
2021
Vetro soffiato
cm 28 x 18,5

Ryo Sekino
Kokusyo
2018
Vetro soffiato
cm 30 x 18

ŌkI Izumi
Torre Cattedrale
2019
Vetro industriale
cm 53.5 x 38 x 38

Oki Izumi
ZigZag Yahazu
2017
Vetro
23 x 18 x 23 cm

Yoshiaki Kojiro
Structural blue 15.9
2021
Vetro
cm 10 x 15 x 15

Yoshiaki Kojiro
Structural blue 25R.1
2018
Vetro
cm 20,5 x 25 x 25

Yoshiaki Kojiro
Sinking composition
2015
Vetro
cm 18 x 5 x 20

Yoshiaki Kojiro
Breaking composition
2017
Vetro
cm 19 x 5 x 27

Runa Kosogawa
The petal that reminds
2018
Vetro
cm 4,4 x 14 x 8

Runa Kosogawa
Flower Diary
2013
Vetro
cm 7 x 12 x 12