Island Sprouts serie

2018

ceramic

dimension variable

Vladimir Durnev (1984) is a Russian ceramic artist who recently moved to Taiwan. The “Island sprouts” are his first series of ceramic work he produced in Taiwan. Intricate forms of tropical sprouts and interlacing roots were a revelation for him. He perceives natural forms and texture as visual poetry that he tries to translate into sculpture language that he's practicing. The “Island sprouts” were designed to push the viewer to consider nature not just a living environment but as meaning-forming substance.  The installation on the floor on an island of soils, mimics the plants sprout emerging from the ground. 

德紫微（1984）是俄羅斯陶藝家，近年移居臺灣。《島芽》是他在臺灣製作的第一個陶藝系列作品。複雜型態的熱帶植物芽，以及交纏的根系，對他來說是一種啟發。他視自然形狀與質感為一種視覺之詩，並試著透過他正在實踐的雕塑語言來轉譯。《島芽》用意在推動觀者不僅將自然是為活的環境，更是產生意義的物質。