ISHINO Koichi


Smooth mirror surfaces of stainless steel that reflect the surrounding scenery transform abruptly the mottled surface of stone. Materials of completely different qualities come together as one fabricated form.
For the past twenty years or so, Koichi Ishino has been developing original inlay techniques and producing works that combine the contrasting materials of metal and stone.
Created with superlative skill, by joining and polishing the steel and stone perfectly into one smooth surface, Ishino’s sculptures emanate a unique sense of tension. As a result of the combination of these two materials in such a way that not the slightest gap or separation exists between them, appearing indeed to have been of a whole from the beginning, the feel and expressive qualities of both these materials are further deepened and amplified.
As Ishino puts it himself, “What I want to express is fusion and harmony.” By touching with the eyes the boundaries that are like deeply eroded fjords, it is hoped that the viewers can appreciate the fusion and harmony of these contrasting materials of metal and stone.


Wind Stone - Earth and Sky
Materials: Black granite, stainless steel
2007





AENEAS Wilder

UEMATSU Keiji

USAMI Keiji

UCHIUMI Satoshi

UCHIDA Haruyuki

KAMEI Yoichiro

KAWASHIMA Keiju

KANNO Seiko

KURANUKI Toru

KURITA Koichi

KOEDA Shigeaki

KOKUFU Osamu

KOSHINO Hiroko

KOBAYASHI Rikuichiro

SHIOYASU Tomoko

TEZUKA Aiko

NISHIDA Jun

NISHINO Kozo

NOMURA Hitoshi

FUKUMOTO Shihoko

FUKUMOTO Fuku

FUJIMOTO Yukio

ISHINO Koichi

MIZUTA Hiroshi

MURAKAMI Saburo

YANAGISAWA Akira

YANOBE Kenji

WATANABE Nobuko


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