Flow

2011
Not on view
This stoneware sculpture captures form in dynamic motion while testing the limits of ceramic technique to create an organic shape that seems to defy gravity and solidify movement. The core of the sculpture is sand-glazed and covered with a matte white slip that is reminiscent in color and texture of the stalactites found in the limestone caves of Akiyoshi Plateau, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the artist was born.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 藤笠砂都子 (1980年生)「フロー」(2011年)
  • Title: Flow
  • Artist: Fujikasa Satoko (Japanese, born 1980)
  • Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
  • Date: 2011
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Sand-glazed stoneware with matte white slip
  • Dimensions: H. 28 in. (71.1 cm); W. 28 3/4 in. (73 cm); D. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Halsey and Alice North and Joseph A. Precker Gifts, 2012
  • Object Number: 2012.512
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Fujikasa Satoko
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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