Mitsumoto works primarily in iron. Like others of his generation, he is, despite the highly crafted nature of his work, less interested in delicacy and sleekness than in the exploration of rawness of material and texture. Differences of scale aside, parallels can be drawn with the rusted iron sculptures of Richard Sera or Anthony Caro. There is also an appeal, pointed or humorous or both, to contemporary concerns with conservation and the environment. This is evident in this set of vases, which are constructed from recycled drain-piping and fencing wire. While each vase has a clearly independent presence, the three vases were created as a set in which the variation of the stringing of the fencing wire sets up rhythms and counterpoints of an almost musical quality.-
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V&A Museum
East Asia Collection
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Member and former Director of the Japan Craft Design Association, Mitsumoto’s work is regularly selected for public competition exhibitions and has won numerous major prizes, including the Talentborse Handwerk Prize in Munich in 1991.
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Over the artist's career, his work has been exhibited in London, New York, Belgium and Australia, and placed in numerous private collections and the Museum of Kyushu Sangyo University Fukuoka, the National Gallery of Australia and the Victoria and Albert Museum London.
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Closest to his heart, and beautifully brought to life in this recent collaboration with Sogetsu Ikebana artist Roka Atsuko, are his smaller scale sculptural art forms.
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Free from the constraints of commissioned work, imbued with the technical & intellectual depth & creativity of a master artist, these works are a manifestation of his unfettered artistic geniu
Sogetsu Ikebana Collaboration
MITSUMOTO TAKESHI
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ROKA ATSUKO
