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Old 01-29-2011, 08:27 AM   #1
Undertoad
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Jan 29, 2011: Salt mazes



No, it's art. From the installation page:

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Following the death of his sister to brain cancer twelve years ago, Motoi Yamamoto adopted salt as his primary medium. In Japanese culture salt is not only a necessary element to sustain human life, but it is also a symbol of purification. He uses salt in loose form to create intricate labyrinth patterns on the gallery floor or in baked brick form to construct large interior structures. As with the labyrinths and innavigable passageways, Motoi views his installations as exercises which are at once futile yet necessary to his healing.
It would give us a headache -- and high blood pressure.





installation - artist site - via neatorama
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