Cellular Plateau
Artist
Hideo Matsumoto
(Japanese, born 1951)
Date2010
MediumPorcelain, slip-cast, chips
Dimensions7 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (18.7 x 16.5 x 14.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Hideo Matsumoto, 2013
Object number2013.16
DescriptionWhite ceramic sculpture with blue, marbled undertones; abstract shapes fit together to form the piece.eMuseum Notes
Hideo Matsumoto was one of the early practitioners in Japan of a ceramic art that was less about function and more about form. Cellular Plateau B is an example of a non-vessel vessel that acts as an enclosure rather than an open form. Matsumoto conceives of the cellular perspective – and the workings of the natural world in general – as an architectural structure.
On View
Not on view
Rick Dillingham
2010
