Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

 Monumental crystallized artworks by japanese artist tokujin yoshioka, exhibited in all forms and facets make up the solo show ‘tokujin yoshioka – crystallize’, at museum of contemporary art tokyo. amongst the seven stranded, crystal ‘spider’s thread chair’
(which designboom has previously covered here) and the towering, chromatic architectural work ‘rainbow room’  (see designboom’s coverage here)
‘the rose’ 2013
Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

installation view of ‘tornado’ 2007 at museum of contemporary art tokyo

Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

the artworks on exhibit comprise installation, painting, and sculpture

Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

looking into the gallery where the immersive ‘tornado’ installation is situated

Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

installation view of the crystallized painting process

Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

the crystallized painting process, 2013


capturing the tonal vibrations of pyotr tchaikovsky’s ‘swan lake’, yoshioka’s painting materializes from the repeated pulsation after a nearly half-year long growth process of crystal formations.

Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose

installation views of ‘swan lake’, 2013


‘the rose’ captures a similar existence between the medium and its metamorphosis — the life of a rose is transformed by a maturation of the crystal material onto its exterior skin.


Tokujin Yoshioka Crystallizes Swan Lake and Rose
Via[designboom] all images courtesy of tokujin yoshioka

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