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Shozo Michikawa’s Ceramic Sculptures Are An Ode To Natural Topography

In his Silverlens show, Haiku In Clay, the Hokkaido-born artist presents a new collection of fifteen functional art pieces

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<div><br/></div><p><a href="https://www.silverlensgalleries.com/artists/shozo-michikawa" target="_blank">Shozo Michikawa</a>’s second solo show with <a href="https://www.silverlensgalleries.com/" target="_blank">Silverlens</a> continues to take inspiration from hisbirthplace, Hokkaido, with its geography of topographical contrasts from mountain greensto volcanic plateaus in a new collection of fifteen works. 									</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/bab8f329-f9b3-4d2f-b725-fc86f2454584_shozo michikawa 2.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Installation view of &#x27;Haiku In Clay&#x27; by Shozo Michikawa at Silverlens Galleries, Manila<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Courtesy of Silverlens Galleries  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>The ceramicist’s signature style oftwisting clay from the inside without disturbing the exterior as the wheel turns gives theworks a uniquely sculptural form where movement becomes an abstraction.									</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/7bc5bec2-55cd-4d6d-b27d-eb90d6ec794d_sm_natural ash (shino sculptural form)_2022_detail.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Detail of &#x27;Natural Ash&#x27; by Shozo Michikawa on view at &#x27;Haiku In Clay&#x27; at Silverlens Galleries, Manila.<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Courtesy of Silverlens Galleries  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/living/tips/raffy-simpao-sanso-collection-prized-and-personal/33836" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Simpao Collection Of Sansó Art Is All About Putting Trends And Market Values Aside</a></div><div><br/></div><p>Photos do notarticulate the heft and space each piece allows as if they were portable mountainsthemselves, breaking away from expectations that ceramics should be light and easy touse. In transforming images from nature into art, the works challenge one to think abouttheir apartness and encounters in the natural world in the face of impending climatechange.</p><div>									</div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/45c1567a-cac8-4e2a-946d-49418258b716_shozo michikawa 4.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Installation view of &#x27;Haiku In Clay&#x27; by Shozo Michikawa at Silverlens Galleries, Manila<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Courtesy of Silverlens Galleries  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>This video below shows the artist in action:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div class="youtube-iframe"><iframe width="400" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LC06W_5TrF8" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><br/><div><br/></div><div><em>Don&#x27;t miss Shozo Michikawa&#x27;s <strong>Haiku In Clay </strong>through October 22, 2022,  at SILVERLENS, 2263 Chino Roces Ave, Ave, Makati, 1231 Metro Manila.  Contact  0917 587 4011 or visit <a href="https://www.silverlensgalleries.com/" target="_blank">silverlensgalleries.com</a> for inquiries.</em></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Words by Joyce Roque</strong></div>