Sadamasa Imai
Born 1989, Kyoto Prefecture
Sadamasa Imai creates in a style often described as realistic. Imai says, however, “That is not my key word. I express the ‘essence' of the motif.” That is his main point. Imai builds the essence extracted from his motif. That makes the viewer recall fragments of memory, connect them together and experience what his work is about. An interplay of images occurs through the work, bringing surprise and enjoyment of discovery. Imai’s working style begins with hand building, then trimming and correcting the body, adding more clay, and finishing the work. He makes it clear that he is thinking about his object in the “plus work of adding clay.” For his work in this exhibition, Imai seemed to enjoy making the details of the Venusaur’s mouth quite a bit. While looking at every corner of his work, we are overwhelmed by the shading, drifting with the unevenness of the skin. If we met this Venusaur, having been led there by the aroma wafting from its flower. . . Facing its dignified appearance, one’s heart rings with a story that is one’s own.*
Photo by Tsuneo Horide
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