iInstitute of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesArts District
Yokoyama's first institutional solo show: ceramic sculpture, experimental animation and holography exploring metamorphosis and underworld mythologies.
You walk up to curved, molded clay with glass forms floating across it, glazed with pumice and obsidian that the museum says were melted onto the surface "like lava or sludge." Nearby, plumb bobs hang and spirit levels balance beside bronze towers topped with antenna-like spires.
This is Amia Yokoyama's first institutional solo show, a set of new works in ICA LA's Project Room. The LA artist trained in experimental animation at CalArts and works across clay, holograms and animation, and the subject here is underworld myth and things caught between states. The exhibition guide puts it as a world where "a mountain is also a well" and "a liquid is a solid."
No published review has appeared yet, so judge the glazes for yourself. It runs on the same dates as the Carl Cheng retrospective in the same building, so see both. Entry is free, Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm, with free onsite parking and a printed guide in English and Spanish.
The pumice and obsidian glazes
Look for curved, molded clay glazed with pumice and obsidian melted onto the surface like lava or sludge, with glass forms floating across it.
Bronze towers and measuring tools
Look for bronze towers with antenna-like spires, set among suspended plumb bobs and balancing spirit levels.