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Threshold Presents Slab Art and Yoko Murao
04.28.2011 Threshold
Slab Art, a woodworking company that creates artisanal furniture from salvaged wood, teams up with Japanese calligraphy artist Yoko Murao to explore the primary elements—earth, air, fire, and water—and reveal unexpected connections therein.
Slab Art’s pieces range from functional furniture to dramatic sculptural pieces, each with an elemental narrative—a torched live edge of red cedar; spalting that evokes the spattering of water; a twelve-foot grounded slab reaching skyward. Sometimes monolithic, sometimes playful, always with a strong organic presence that incorporates the original tree.
Yoko Murao, artist, choreographer and dancer, has explored the transient nature of the human condition by focusing on our mortality. With her Japanese Calligraphy, Yoko will focus on earth and air, including an interactive installation dedicated to the people of Japan. The piece acknowledges the quaking of the earth while also acting as dynamic witness—via leaf-like messages hanging in bamboo branches – of the support that continues to arrive daily from all corners of the world.
Opening Reception:
Thurs…..May 5….5-7pm
1201 Alaskan Way Suite 200
206.623.3344
Show Dates:
May 5 – June 21
M-F 8am-5pm
www.slabart.com
yokomurao@hotmail.com