Hagi (Bush Clover)
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- Birth Year
- 1969
- Death Year
- -
- Date
- 2009
- Technique, Material, Format
- painted wood
- Dimension
- 6.4 x 4.0 x 8.9 cm (installation dimensions variable)
- Donor name
- Sambi Shosha (Mr. Ueda Kuniaki and Mrs. Ueda Katsuko)
- Category
- Sculpture or Three-dimensional Work by Japanese Artist
- Inventory Number
- 2011-SJ-003
The leaves attached to the thin stems have holes like they’ve been eaten by insects. The petals overlap delicately. This branch of bush clover, which would surely snap at the faintest touch, is in fact a sculpture carved in wood. When it is exhibited, Suda Yoshihiro places it in an out-of-the-way location that doesn’t immediately advertise its existence. And yet the careful placement of these small wooden sculptures—single flowers or small branches like this—invariably transforms the space in question. A form of display called installation, it allows the viewer to encounter a life force and a delicate beauty that appears to exist quietly amidst our everyday goings-on. At the same time, the viewer is no doubt stunned that such a small intervention is able to transform the appearance of a large space. The work quietly queries the meaning of life within a manmade environment and the meaning of seeing.
(YATSUYANAGI Sae)