Web #521'x8'x8‘,
Flax, abaca, wireUniversity of Maryland Gallery, 2007
Web #5 (detail), 2003
Interior Resin, 2007
Return (with heartbeat sounds)
8'x12'x12‘ Resin, stainless steel wire, 4 speakers, 4 sensors 2005
'No other sculptor can turn paper, wood, flax and wire into wall sculptures of such intriguing ambiguity as Yuriko Yamaguchi. In the ongoing series of works titled "Metamorphosis," begun in 1991, she conjures those materials into shapes so familiar yet so enigmatic that it's almost impossible to keep from touching them, from physically examining them to try to divine their meaning...Such evocative power -- aesthetically and psychologically -- of her sculpture.'
'No other sculptor can turn paper, wood, flax and wire into wall sculptures of such intriguing ambiguity as Yuriko Yamaguchi. In the ongoing series of works titled "Metamorphosis," begun in 1991, she conjures those materials into shapes so familiar yet so enigmatic that it's almost impossible to keep from touching them, from physically examining them to try to divine their meaning...Such evocative power -- aesthetically and psychologically -- of her sculpture.'
"Metamorphosis" is an apt metaphor for what has gone on in the series over the years...But what makes Yamaguchi's work so compelling is its audacious ambiguity, Nothing is quite what it seems, beginning with the physical appearance of the works. With many of the pieces, it's almost impossible to know without referring to Yamaguchi's written description whether a sculpture is animal, vegetable, or mineral.' - Ferdinand Protzman, The Washington Post.
From the website http://www.yurikoyamaguchiart.com/
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