Works by Motoi Yamamoto
To Remembrance - Detail - salt
Konichi - Soy sauce factory / Ishikawa, Japan
October 2009
Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates unique works of art that are nothing short of amazing. These large installations are extremely intricate and detailed, taking many long days to complete. Yamamoto creates these works with ordinary materials like salt and glue. On the exhibits that use salt, Yamamoto collects the salt and returns it to the ocean as a performance piece, “Return to the Sea.”
“The form as the work disappears. However, this salt dissolves in seawater and will support the life of various creatures. Possibly the opportunity when we eat it may come. Of course it is the best joy for me if it can meet again as material of the works.”
LABYRINTH - salt - 13.5 x 8.2 m
Hundred Stories About Love
21th Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
April - August, 2009
SAKURA - cherry - salt
Conception take from / Funa-asobi, Ishikawa
Nov. 2008
Detail of work above.
Below is a time lapse video of Yamamoto at work.
And, this is a video showing how the work is completed. - no sound
artist & website: Motoi Yamamoto
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Tags: drawing, illustration, installation, salt, sculpture
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October 24th, 2009 at 8:40 am
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