White Tower (OUT OF STOCK)

Description

I am a White Tower. Not to be confused with Ivory Tower – a very distant relation, on my father’s side, twice removed.

Curator’s Notes

Though Masanobu Ando is celebrated for his work in functional ceramics, his beginnings in contemporary sculpture continue to influence his oeuvre. This piece is reminiscent of a skyscraper with its jagged pillar and cut-out windows, and casts an impressive shadow when placed in a window or under a spotlight. The starkness of the sculpture exhibits a reverence for clay as it really is – geologic and unrefined. A distinctive hand-painted glaze makes the piece unmistakably Ando-san’s creation.

White Tower was curated by Angélique Chmielewski

Designer/Maker

Maker: Masanobu Ando

Designer: Masanobu Ando

Specifications

Dimensions:

2.0” (w) x 2.0” (l) x 7.5” (h) or 51mm (w) x 51mm (l) x 190mm (h) 

Weight: 5 oz or  146 gr

Materials: Ceramic

Details

• One-of-a-kind sculpture handmade by Masanobu Ando in Tajimi, Japan
• Formed by hand from slabs of clay in the Japanese “tatara” technique
• Each sculpture is unique and may have slight variations