Ryo Toyonaga | Of Mud and Magic — The Allure of Contemporary Studio Ceramics

Ryo Toyonaga treats ceramics as a sculptural art form, or more specifically, uses clay as a medium through which to explore and express personal aesthetic goals. Moving from Japan to the U.S in 1986, he has worked in clay but has produced drawings as well as sculptures in wax, papier-mache, bronze and aluminum casting. He draws all his inspiration from the unconscious mind, with no preparatory drawings or designs, which accounts for the amorphous nature of his frequently unglazed sculptural forms. His sculptures are “an improvisation of sorts,” says Robert Aibel. “Each aspect of the sculpture is enacted (not decided upon) in the moment, so that they are living expressions of his unconscious mind at the very instant that he’s working on them.”

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