Single piece
Size
Year
2021
Medium
Sculpture
Reference
d07c3622
Industrial glass
, Japan
Ōki Izumi was born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated in ancient Japanese literature at the Waseda University of Tokyo. In 1977, she won a scolarship from the Italian Government. In 1981, she graduated at the Brera Academy. She tested herself with all traditional materials, from marble to bronze, but as soon as she received her diploma she went back to the only one she feels really hers, glass. The glass she uses is not the precious and clear crystal, but the industrial one, blue-green coloured, recalling the natural elements of water and air, very special to Japanese culture.
Address
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ESH Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in Milan in the vibrant Tortona Design District. The only one of its type in Italy, the gallery focuses its constant artistic research on Italian and international authors who operate in the indistinguishable borderline between sculpture, contemporary craft and one-piece design through materials such as ceramic...