SPIKY COMPLEX BLB 0521-Ⅰ

A weighty object with striking coloration reminiscent of ink-wash painting or gold-ground folding screens. Its dynamic brushwork has the spontaneity of a single, unbroken stroke. Evoking a Japanese aesthetic sensibility, yet flamboyant and lavish — this is truly a representative work bearing the hallmarks of Koga's style, brought fully to the surface.
Protrusions of various sizes spreading to cover the entire vessel make visible and tangible a force inherently latent within an object. The result is a powerful expression, as if the hidden strength within had burst out onto the surface.
Ceramics, a traditional craft nurtured over a long history. Koga intends, by introducing a stimulus in form, to give the person holding it a fresh sense of surprise.