SPIKY COMPLEX BLB

A weighty object with striking coloring reminiscent of ink wash paintings and gold-ground folding screens.
The dynamic brushwork is something only single-stroke drawing can achieve.
A representative work that evokes Japanese aesthetic sensibility while also being flamboyant and lavish — Koga's style fully on display.

The protrusions of various sizes spreading across the entire vessel visualize and make tangible a power inherently present within objects.
It is rendered with a powerful expression, as if a force hidden within had burst out onto the surface.

Ceramics, a traditional craft nurtured over a long history.
Koga intends, by adding formal stimulation there, to give whoever holds it a fresh sense of surprise.