Saturday, May 12, 2012

Alas, dear Katsuyo, I knew ye well







http://katsuyoaoki.s1.bindsite.jp/

Katsuyo is a japanese born artist, born in Tokyo in 1972.

Most of her childhood was kept private but it is known that in the late 1990s, Katsuyo went to Tama Art University in Tokyo, Japan, and in 1998, she received a BFA in Painting there, and two years later in 2000, she received an MFA in Ceramic Art.

Her art focuses around porcelain sculptures now, the majority made to look like the most elaborate skulls, others are vases, chandeliers, and a few dragon sculptures too. Katsuyo makes her sculptures so elaborate because she wants to express a mood and atmosphere. Though certain patterns do allude to certain myths and legends, or sometimes even movies she saw.

Both skulls here measure to be around 200mm x 150mm x 220mm. Neither is individually named, but they are both projects from her Productive Dream collection.


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