Katsuyuki Shirako (b. 1984) is a lacquer artist, though not one who accords specific primacy to that medium. His fourth show at Kyoto's eN arts in Kyoto, is predominantly photographs. Drawn from the artist's "Connect" series, these images show a combination of his carefully crafted lacquer forms with natural plants, leaves and flowers, such as irises and lilies.
One 2013 work for example, has a green plant stem of an Amazon Lily that branches out, and in the "V" shape in between the stems, Shirako integrates a little lacquer sculpture. In other works, we find blades of grass and lacquer pieces organized into an almost geometrical abstraction, and coiled flowers or leaves about to spring forth from curvy organic forms that enclose them.
These arrangements by the artist were snapped by a professional photographer, and these are what hang on the gallery walls.
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