Satoru Hoshino
Surface and Deep / 表層・深層, 2016-2
Black porcelain 黒陶
5 1/8 x 31 1/2 x 18 1/8 in
13 x 80 x 46 cm
13 x 80 x 46 cm
SATHOS_2025_024
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Only a small part of the world can be seen, and the larger part hidden from view behind that is what supports the world. I spread a thin coat of...
Only a small part of the world can be seen, and the larger part hidden from view behind that is what supports the world. I spread a thin coat of clay onto pieces of torn newspaper, and when the newspaper is removed, thin layers of clay appear. When I layer them several times onto a trapezoid shape cut out of the ground, eventually I arrive at structures of “surface strata and depth”. Though each of the thin, wavelike strata extends horizontally over the surface, they lead the sight-lines of the viewer in a vertical direction, toward deeper levels that cannot be seen. And the light-absorbing effect of the kokuto black ceramic also beckons the viewer’s sight-lines deep within. –– Satoru Hoshino*