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ARTCOURT Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Eiji Uematsu (b. 1949), an artist based in Iga, Mie Prefecture who uses clay and fire as his materials for his work.
From sculptures that make one sense the presence of the clay itself, or ceramic objects that incorporate plants and water, to installations that deliberately utilize a space, Uematsu’s work is upheld by a lucid attitude towards clay and fire, while exhibiting a diversity that does not fit into the traditional framework of ceramic art.

With playing in the mud in early childhood as the starting point, and after …