Collections of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022
Mariko Isozaki 1964 - 2013
Mariko Isozaki 1964 - 2013
Born in 1964 in Tokyo. Passed away in 2013.
Mariko Isozaki had been working between Italy and Japan. She studied at the National School of Ceramics in Faenza, and the stone carving studio in Carrara, and has carved out a unique world with her organic forms and colorful tones. Many of her works were inspired by forms found in the nature, such as fruits and seeds, and her style of spraying primary colors such as red, blue, and yellow on unglazed terra cotta is especially memorable. At the opening of the Oita Prefectural Museum of Art (2015), her work placed in the "AMANIWA - Roof Garden" attracted a great deal of attention.
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“AMANIWA – Roof Garden” Oita Prefectural Art Museum (courtesy of Oita Prefectural Art Museum )
"Flowers : We are here!", Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012, 2015, 2018 photo by Nakamura Ozamu
Countless numbers of flowers were spread out around the legendary ‘’Kagamigaike Pond’’ as a gesture of grief where a daughter of Ohtomono Yakamochi, a poet famed in the editorial of Manyoshu, was believed to have thrown herself into. Bright yellow flowers not only casted light upon graceful nature in the deep mountainous area but also reminded visitors of memories of the place vividly.
photo by Nakamura Ozamu
Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
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