Cornucopia 08
Tashima Etsuko
Description
Subject Matter:
This work is inspired by Tashima Etsuko’s deep admiration for the forms found in nature. Early in her career, Tashima was a controversial figure of the so-called Super-Girl Phenomenon (Chō-Shōjo Genshō), which refers to a group of women artists radically expressing their
identity and interrogating gender issues through ceramics. For Tashima, plants, which are often associated with notions of femininity and innocence, represent an extension of the vital life energy that sustains her. Here, the juxtaposition between the opaque stoneware and the translucence of glass—produced separately—speak to the sense of equilibrium she finds in nature: “Plants have beautifully regular and ordered geometrical forms. Rather than finding this strange, I feel a sort of admiration, which provides me with a powerful source of inspiration.”
Physical Description:
From a large sculptural white blossom extend purple glass petals.
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