Ruiko Imai

reminiscence – memories in glass by ruiko imai

2018 2/8 (thu) - 2/17 (sat)

Gallery closed Sun/Mon, Open 11:00am ~ 6:00pm
Final day closes at 4:00pm

A LIGHT HOUSE CALLED KANATA A LIGHT HOUSE CALLED KANATA

reminiscence
memories in glass by Ruiko Imai

The memories of youth, captured within the fragile beauty of glass. 26-year-old Ruiko Imai is a fascinating new artist to emerge onto the contemporary glass scene, creating found objects of one’s childhood from sewed metal wire mesh and powdered glass. It is the warmth of the family home, the sights and sounds of growing up surrounded by the beauty of things and who and where they belong to, the protection, security and comfort of everyday life in Japan, that Imai has so poetically encapsulated in elegant fragility. As if soft snow had fallen and covered her objects with a glittering glow, Imai’s gentle works are luscious odes to family, warmth and the beauty within where we have been and where we are now, the music of youth and growing up. Memories may fade ephemeral, yet her works will remain, entrapped for eternity in the warm glow of Imai’s white glass.

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