Ceramics as a vessel for the soul.

Preserving the fleeting and decaying, and finding eternity there-

A world of sublime decadent beauty, integrated with flowers and plants.

Up-and-coming ceramic artist MURAKAMI Hitomi expresses human sorrow and the beauty of being consumed by chaos.

The large-scale work "graveyard of zal," a collaboration with MINOWA Norihito, which was exhibited at the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, is also included with commentary and critique.

MURAKAMI Hitomi, "On the Creation of 'Graveyard of Zal'"

MINOWA Norihito, "On the 3D Sound of 'Graveyard of Zal'"

KANEKO Ayumi, "The Beauty of Kiln Change/Eccentricity -- MURAKAMI Hitomi's 'Graveyard of Zal' and IZUMI Kyoka"

SOMA Toshiki, "The Nightmarish Rotation of Ceramic Sculptures in Resonance with the Spell-Like Repetition of a Female Voice"

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The body as a vessel for the soul, primitive mythological thinking, the space between consciousness and unconsciousness, the sacred and the secular --

I hope that through these expressions I can perform a feat that can be likened to the deeds of the gods who created humans from clay and hung their precious souls as constellations in the night sky.

--MURAKAMI Hitomi

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Photography: TANAKA Nagare and others

B5 size, 96 pages, 3,091yen (consumption tax not included)

2025.01