Urara Tsuchiya’s Cheeky Erotic Ceramics
At the crossroads between humour and provocation, the ceramicist explores human and animal relationships in her art.
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The scenes of orgies that are a product of the imagination of Urara Tsuchiya, born in 1979 and now living in Glasgow in Scotland, give off a completely quirky charm. The ceramics, made in miniature size, are then painted.
Absurdity and decadence
‘I think I would go a bit dead if I approached performance work without humour. I like to create works that are labour intensive. If I invest so much in it, I want at least to find it funny’, the artist explains in an interview with i-D magazine. Between absurdity and decadence, Urara Tsuchiya revisits eroticism with a touch of British kitsch and develops her own artistic language.
The work of Urara Tsuchiya is available on her Instagram account.
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