Marie Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Kiyoshi Furukawa.

Kiyoshi Furukawa creates sculptures by using characteristics and features of the materials. He suggests that what are usually called sculptures made of wood or stone are really just ‘lumps of stuff’. The sculptures also look as if the artists forced them into existence. In contrast, Furukawa respects the material itself in the natural world, and by collaborating with the material he utilizes their appeal.

By using flexible materials such as iron and brass, Furukawa's works express the life cycles found in plants. Standing in front of his pieces, one has a vague sense of time continuing forever and space stretching to infinity.

The pieces in this exhibition give the impression of being similar to a bulbous plant connecting previous generations to their offspring. There are twelve parts; each of the round iron pipes is 190.7 mm in diameter and each of the iron plates is 6 mm thick. Some of the bulbs toward the center of the exhibition space seem to be multiplying by themselves while others toward the edge appear to be growing into a new space.


For further information please check the artist's official website
and contact the gallery at
info@mariegallery.com