Tree Flesh, Earth Sword Ⅱ (b)

Title	Tree Flesh, Earth Sword Ⅱ (b)
Artist	伊藤公象　ITO Kosho
Date	1993
Medium	plating kaolin and platinum
Dimensions	h15.0-30.0
Classification	Sculptures
Accession Number	JS199300004000
Summary	This is the third work in the Tree Flesh, Earth Sword series. The first of these works was created in 1990 and was exhibited the following year in the Seven Artists: Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Art which traveled in America and Mexico. The work was titled Companionship and Waves in that exhibition. The title Tree Flesh, Earth Sword was used on the second and later works of this series which were exhibited in a one-man show in Tokyo while the first work was touring. And indeed it is probably appropriate to consider Companionship and Waves as the subtitle for this work. In 1990 Ito became a professor at the Joshibi University of Art and Design. The first inspiration for this series came from the scattered forms of the female students at noon on brand new campus grounds, scattered like tide pools of the sea. As can be seen in the appearance of the next topic name "Flesh and Sword" born out of digging down to the next level, the organic issues of "suppleness and stiffness," "gentleness and sharpness," continue as a theme in his work, linked from yet other angles.

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Birth	1932
Died	2024
Biography	Born as the eldest son of the Kanazawa metal craftsmen Ito Shoten. Began his first real activity as an artist around the age of 27, and exhibited works in the 1959 and later Niki-kai exhibitions, focusing primarily on wood sculptures. Moved to Kasama, Ibaraki prefecture and in 1972 established the art studio Sodo-sha with Ito Chika, and began working with clay. The artist became interested in organic qualities around 1970, and in this regard believed that the terms which can be translated "meet and part, and waves" held important meaning in this regard. According to the artists, these are things shared by the "natural world" and "human society." By making these thoughts into objects, he came to use clay as his medium. His works exceed the framework of traditional pottery, and some works were made of crude clay.

Tree Flesh, Earth Sword Ⅱ (b)

ITO Kosho