Opening: Utako Shindo: Liminal in hand: paper curls like the form of clay 進藤 詩子 | 閾の手: 紙は陶影のように丸くなる

Opening: Friday March 21 | 4 – 7:30 pm
On View: Friday March 21 – Saturday May 3rd

5. Gallery is honored to present Liminal in hand: paper curls like the form of clay, a new installation and exhibition from Utako Shindo.

In her own words:

“Liminal in hand: paper curls like the form of clay

Paper curls like the form of clay, withstand to gather shadows – liminal of both real and illusion.

Hand thrown clay centers and breathes, wet and thirsty. Watered ink instantly dries – an opposite invention with the language of flame that leaves trace behind.

She says each pot with painted paper is the earth and the sky, creating a unique atmosphere. I attend to the colors, the humidity and the dryness, and the spacings of objects including the actual forms, the painted images and the shadows.

Making a sculpture installation for us that brings together the expanses and the differences – a play in the liminality to imagine our possible home.”

Utako Shindo’s exhibitions often invite us into a quiet space of observation—where we can watch light and shadow move or focus on the sensitivity of a paper’s edge, a vessel’s form, and the space between the two.