Shiro Kuramata
The Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata (1934-1991) is best known for his membership of Memphis, a group of postmodern designers founded by Ettore Sottsass. He created the vase Ephemera in 1989 especially for a solo exhibition in the Galerie Yves Gastou in Paris. Made of acrylic resin, glass and aluminium, these vases are a homage to the Japanese tradition of floral arrangement, which is here reduced to a single flower. The elegant lines of their form, whose minimalism derives from the purified simplicity of Japanese culture, seem almost to evoke a human figure seemingly absorbed in meditation.
Artworks
Shiro Kuramata Ephemera, 1989 Technique mixte
140 x 43 x 18 cm chacun
Collection Mudam Luxembourg
Donation 2008 - Mieko Kuramata
© Photo : Rémi Villaggi | Mudam Luxembourg
Shiro Kuramata Laputa, 1991 Lit, draps et coussins
420 x 144 x 68,8 cm
Collection Mudam Luxembourg
Acquisition 2008
© Photo : Mitsumasa Fujitsuka