■ART MEETS PEOPLE vol.039
TAKEYOSHI MITSUI Glass Artworks
光井威善 I ガラス作品展
2020.1.24 FRI. - 2.16 SUN
立春の季節、若手ガラス作家光井 威善の「bottle people*」の新作とともに、NYC生まれのブランド <SMP>と
コラボした「SOUL ART GLASS」シリーズをご紹介します。
富山在住、若手ガラス作家光井威善さんの5回目の個展です。作家の感性と経験に根差した宙吹きガラスは
一瞬のリズムと感覚で生まれます。
「静かに佇むボトルピープル。彼らを作っていると不思議と心が落ち着きます。
見る人にもこの不思議な安らぎを感じて欲しいです。」 光井威善-
*" The bottle people are standing silently. Forming them makes me have a peaceful mind...I don't know why.
I hope to share this feeling with the viewer." - Takeyoshi Mitsui
Welcoming the beginning of spring in this coldest season, we are pleased to introduce
the new artworks by Takeyoshi Mitsui, a young talented glass artist, along with SOUL ART GLASS series
in collaboration with SMP, a NYC-born brand.
Takeyoshi Mitsui, a glass artist, born in Hiroshima, Japan and a postgraduate in the arts and crafts
of Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts. By his outstanding hand blown glass technique,
he made art and craft pieces from sake glass to flower vases and objects. The colors are in tranquil
monochrome or blight and luster in jewel tones. His works reflect his imagined scenery with pure and
fresh sensitivity. After his four years experience at Toyama Glass Studio, he had an opportunity in
artist-in-residence program to create and exhibit his works in Canberra, Australia in summer of 2016 .
Mitsui received the U35 award for his” silence” glass series from the Japan Crafts Exhibition.
He is highly expected to become and represent one of the most talented Japanese young artists
in contemporary glass.