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京都・亀岡出身で、現在も同地で制作を続ける陶芸作家・明主航の展示を、2023年に続き開催します。

作家は近年「型取り」の手法を用いて、箱型の作品や〈白刻〉という器のシリーズを制作しています。型を使用しながらも、素材の掛け合わせや、型から外すために必要な砂敷き、丹念な仕上げの工程などに様々な偶発性を取り込むことで、ひとつひとつ全く異なる作品が生まれます。

作品の表面は釉薬で覆われることなく、土・石・砂で出来た自然物のような存在感を放ち、さらには陶器に開く無数の微細な孔を塞がずに、作品が「呼吸」している状態を作り出します。それは作家自身が作品の置かれる空間を意識し、そこに漂う「流れ」の一部となるように、という心づかいの表れでもあります。

土を始めとする素材、人、場所との廻（めぐ）りあわせ、大きな循環のなかにある存在に想いを馳せてつくられる作品たちは、今回どんな見立てに誘（いざな）ってくれるのでしょうか。

We are pleased to announce the exhibition of the ceramic artist, Wataru Myosyu, a native of Kameoka, Kyoto, who continues to work in the same area, and is our second solo-exhibition with him since we last presented his works in 2023.

In recent years, the artist has produced a series of box-shaped works and 'Hakkoku' vessels using the technique of 'mould making'. When using moulds, the artist incorporates various contingencies into the process, such as the multiplication of materials, the sanding required to remove them from the moulds, and the painstaking finishing process, resulting in works that are completely different from one another.

The surface of the work is not covered with glaze, bringing a presence of a natural object made of clay, stone and sand, and the numerous microscopic holes in the ceramic are not blocked, creating the work to be in the state of 'breathing'. This is an expression of the artist's awareness of the space in which the work is placed and his concern to be part of the 'flow' of the space.

Created with an awareness of existence in the great circulation of materials, including soil, people and places - what kind of gaze will the works give us this time?

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明主 航/Wataru Myosyu

1990年京都府生まれ。現在出身地の亀岡にて作陶を行う。近年の展示に『漆喰箱写し』(2022) tonoto／京都、『匣』(2022) 水犀／東京、『空く/Suku』(2023) Vacant/Centre／東京、『To Look Again』(2023) Atelier Éditions／LAなど。

Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1990. Currently lives and works in his home town of Kameoka. His solo exhibitions include, Shikkuibako Utsu-shi, tonoto (Kyoto, 2022) ,Hako, Mizusai (Tokyo, 2022), Suku, Vacant/Centre (Tokyo, 2023) and To Look Again, Atelier Éditions (LA, 2023).