A Daily Dose of Art: Tanaka Yū’s Bag Work
I’m still thinking about Tanaka Yū’s Bag Work that I saw again yesterday in the Radical Clay exhibition at the Ackland Art Museum. Here are some images of this piece.
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“Tanaka Yū (b.1989), a highly creative, young female artist based in Kyoto, focuses exclusively on clay sculpture. Inspired by the earlier Sodeisha group, she strives to create forms that encapsulate both space and air and question the very nature of functionality. The softness, texture and pliability of cotton cloth colored with traditional dyes for such standard materials are her main point of departure. These trompe l'ceil clay sculptures of Japanese wrapping cloths seemingly enclose hidden vessels or boxes.”
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Below is a five-minute video that describes Yū’s clay bundles and artistic process inspired by furoshiki, the Japanese art of wrapping gifts with cloth. And here is an article about furoshiki.
What do you think? Please share your thoughts on this art or a glimpse into one of your recent doses of art in the comments below.