Over a lifetime of productive creativity, acclaimed clay artist Ogawa Machiko can be called a true master of her medium. Her illustrious career is characterized by bold sculptural forms that recall archaeological finds, excavated minerals, and volcanic remains. Evoking the geological cycles that have long informed her works, RED EARTH brings this venerated artist full circle to her origins. Opening for Asia Week New York's fall edition, her latest solo exhibition at Joan B Mirviss LTD is inspired by the Japanese concept of the vessel, utsuwa, as well as by the unique red-colored earth of Burkina Faso, West Africa, where she lived as a young woman for several years.
