Shiro Matsui (b. 1960) has always presented fresh and unexpected ideas of space. His works, that are produced with various materials and scales, reverse divided fields such as "interior/exterior" and "here/there," or partially connect and extend these fields. By realizing these spatial turnovers, connections and extensions through his/her own visual and physical experiences, the frameworks for usual recognition of viewers are swayed and expanded to a new plane. In this upcoming solo exhibition, we presents a series of new works in which fluid materials such as water, goldfish and aquatic plants are combined into ceramic vessels with unique forms, arranging each piece as a "garden," that is a kind of device leads to a diversity of spatial recognitions by viewers, in the gallery.

By wandering inside of the space of a work, that equals to a "garden" and moving forward and backward among a series of "gardens," viewers' perceptions will opened toward intricate but fertile interrelations with the surrounding world.

courtesy of ARTCOURT Gallery