Shio Kusaka

Name: Shio Kusaka
Start: 2024-09-04
Location: David Zwirner

Installation view, Shio Kusaka, David Zwirner, Paris, 2024. Video courtesy Pushpin Films

Past

September 5—October 5, 2024

Location

Paris

108, rue Vieille du Temple

75003 Paris

Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat: 11 AM-7 PM

Wed: 11 AM-6:30 PM

Artist

Shio Kusaka

View Press Release

David Zwirner is pleased to present its second exhibition with Shio Kusaka, which also marks the reopening of the gallery’s newly renovated Paris location. Known for her playful and instinctive approach to the medium of ceramics, Kusaka makes vessels that embrace organic imperfections, recurrent techniques and patterns, and imagery that alludes to historical, contemporary, and futuristic forms. The artist’s complex designs highlight poetic irregularities and optical qualities. Kusaka’s work is inspired by a wide range of references: personal observations, textures, patterns, architecture, fantasy, and outer space, among others.

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Installation view of the exhibition Shio Kusaka, at David Zwirner in Paris, dated 2024.

Installation view, Shio Kusaka, David Zwirner, Paris, 2024

Shio Kusaka

(machine 3), 2024

Porcelain in three (3) parts

Overall dimensions variable Part 1: 3 x 4 x 4 inches (7.6 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm) Part 2: 3 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (7.8 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm) Part 3: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (9 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)

Shio Kusaka

(drape 1), 2024

Porcelain

6 1/4 x 3 x 3 inches (15.9 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)

Shio Kusaka

group 71, 2024

Porcelain in two (2) parts

Overall dimensions variable Part 1: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (19.1 x 14 x 14 cm) Part 2: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (16.4 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm)

Shio Kusaka

group 72, 2023

Clay in two (2) parts

Overall dimensions variable Part 1: 8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (20.3 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm) Part 2: 8 1/4 x 5 x 5 inches (21 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)

A detail from a sculpture by Shio Kusaka, titled (square 56), dated 2023.

Shio Kusaka, group 72, 2023 (detail)

Shio Kusaka, group 71, 2023 (detail)

Installation view, Shio Kusaka, David Zwirner, Paris, 2024

Shio Kusaka

(grid 192), 2024

Porcelain

9 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (24.5 x 14.8 x 14.8 cm)

Shio Kusaka

group 73, 2024

Porcelain in four (4) parts

Overall dimensions variable

Shio Kusaka

(drape 2), 2024

Porcelain

11 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (30.1 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm)

Shio Kusaka

(beam 4), 2023

Porcelain

12 x 4 x 4 inches (30.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)

Shio Kusaka

(machine 5), 2024

Porcelain in five (5) parts

Overall dimensions variable

A detail from a sculpture by Shio Kusaka, titled (machine 5), dated 2024.

Shio Kusaka, (machine 5), 2024 (detail)

Shio Kusaka

(spaceship 1), 2024

Porcelain, epoxy, and gold powder

14 1/2 x 7 x 6 1/2 inches (36.8 x 17.8 x 16.5 cm)

Installation view, Shio Kusaka, David Zwirner, Paris, 2024

Shio Kusaka

(spaceline 3), 2024

Clay in five (5) parts

Overall dimensions variable

Shio Kusaka

(carved 122), 2016

Stoneware

26 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (66.4 x 22.2 x 22.2 cm)

Shio Kusaka

(carved 158), 2023

Clay

10 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (27.1 x 27.1 x 27.1 cm)

A detail from a sculpture by Shio Kusaka, titled (carved 158), dated 2023.

Shio Kusaka, (carved 158), 2023 (detail)

A detail from a sculpture by Shio Kusaka, titled (carved 122), dated 2016.

Shio Kusaka, (carved 122), 2016 (detail)

Installation view, Shio Kusaka, David Zwirner, Paris, 2024

Shio Kusaka

(beam 9), 2024

Paper, bamboo, cotton strings, and hardware

80 7/8 x 39 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches (205.5 x 101 x 101 cm)

Fabricated by Kojima Shoten

Shio Kusaka

(qubit 1), 2024

Paper, bamboo, cotton strings, water-based acrylic paint, and hardware

44 7/8 x 24 x 24 inches (114 x 61 x 61 cm)

Fabricated by Kojima Shoten

Shio Kusaka

(beam 7), 2024

Paper, bamboo, cotton strings, and hardware

60 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (154 x 60 x 60 cm)

Fabricated by Kojima Shoten

Installation view, Shio Kusaka, David Zwirner, Paris, 2024

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