Forwards Backwards
Immersing viewers in altered landscapes, Shiro Matsui is fascinated by spatial recognition. His latest exhibition in Osaka, Japan invites viewers into a series of unique garden spaces.
Matsui has always presented fresh and unexpected ideas of space. Creating works with various materials and scales he reverses concepts such as “interior/exterior” and “here/there.” As a result, the viewer’s usual understanding of space is swayed and expanded to a new plane.
In his latest solo exhibition, titled ‘Forwards Backwards’, Matsui presents a series of new works, referring to each piece as a “garden”. Fluid materials such as water, goldfish and aquatic plants are combined into uniquely formed ceramic vessels. As the viewer moves move forward and backward among the series they build perceptions of the relationships between the works and the surrounding world.
Shiro Matsui, ‘Forwards Backwards’ is on display until Saturday 22 June 2013 at Art Court Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
