泥の海、炎の壁 / SEA OF MUD, WALL OF FLAME: Satoru Hoshino and Masaomi Yasunaga

Nonaka-Hill Kyoto is pleased to present “Sea of Mud, Wall of Flame,” a two-person exhibition by Satoru Hoshino and Masaomi Yasunaga, on view from June 14, 2025. This marks the first collaborative presentation by the two ceramic artists, initiated by Yasunaga’s invitation to Hoshino.

The artists first met at Osaka Sangyo University’s Department of Environmental Design, where Hoshino taught and Yasunaga studied. What began as a teacher-student relationship evolved through academic exchange, and, after years of working along separate paths, was renewed in recent years, culminating in this shared exhibition. For Yasunaga, encountering Hoshino’s work as a student was a formative moment—one that decisively shaped his artistic trajectory.

The exhibition title, “Sea of Mud, Wall of Flame,” draws on personal experiences that both artists have had with the overwhelming forces of nature. The memory of landslides, fire, and elemental upheaval does not merely inform their choice of material—it is inscribed into the very surfaces of their work.

Hoshino’s practice, rooted in his early involvement with the postwar ceramic collective Sōdeisha, spans over five decades. In dialogue with him stands Yasunaga, a younger artist recognized for his radical use of glaze as a primary sculptural medium. Though separated by generation and method, their approaches resonate deeply. United by a deep sensitivity to material and a shared conviction in form-making, the two artists confront earth and flame together, charting a shared language in clay and fire that transcends generation and method.

In this exhibition, we are pleased to present Sea of Mud, Wall of Flame, a new collaborative work by the two artists, created using the traditional ceramic technique known as yobitsugi.

Nonaka-Hill 京都は、6月14日より、星野暁と安永正臣による「泥の海、炎の壁」展を開催いたします。本展は、安永の呼びかけにより実現した二人の陶芸家による初の本格的な共同展示となります。

星野と安永は、大阪産業大学・環境デザイン学科にて出会いました。教える者と学ぶ者という立場で始まった関係は、学内での交流を通して育まれ、卒業後はそれぞれの道で活動を深めるなか、再び交わりを得て本展へと結実しました。とりわけ安永にとっては、学生時代に星野の作品に出会ったことが、創作の出発点ともいえる強い契機となりました。

展覧会タイトル「泥の海、炎の壁」は、ふたりがそれぞれの人生と創作のなかで直面した、自然の脅威に触発されたものです。激しい土石流や炎の現象の記憶は、彼らの作品において、単なる素材としてではなく、作品そのものに深く刻み込まれています。

走泥社での活動を起点に半世紀にわたり探求を続ける星野暁と、釉薬のみを用いて陶芸表現の可能性を拓く気鋭の陶芸家・安永正臣。素材との真摯な対話と、造形へのゆるぎない意志を軸に交差する二人の創作は、世代を超えて響き合いながら新たな表現を生み出しています。本展では、「呼継ぎ」という伝統的手法を用いた二人のコラボレーションによる新作「泥の海、炎の壁」を初公開いたします。