Keita Miyazaki, Water Takes Form
Work by Keita Miyazaki | Courtesy Keita Miyazaki / Gallery Rosenfeld
Water as an origin, but above all as a force capable of transforming matter. This is the starting point of From Water To Form, Keita Miyazaki’s solo exhibition at the Museum of Oriental Art in Ca’ Pesaro, Venice, from 9 May to 13 September, coinciding with the 61st Venice Biennale. The exhibition is curated by Pier Paolo Scelsi, Ilaria Cera and Riccardo Freddo. Following his project at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome, the Japanese artist brings to Venice a body of research in which water becomes both a symbolic element and an agent of transformation: it erodes and regenerates, dissolves and generates new forms. The Venetian setting amplifies this exploration, connecting a city built on water with an element deeply rooted in Japanese culture. Miyazaki’s works also engage with the permanent collection of the Museum of Oriental Art, home to one of Europe’s most significant collections of Japanese art from the Edo period. Craftsmanship emerges as a central theme, understood not simply as technique but as a practice in which gesture, time and matter all participate in shaping form. The project continues on the island of Giudecca, at CREA - Cantieri del Contemporaneo, with a site-specific modular sculpture reconfigured by the artist for Venice. This second intervention moves the dialogue between tradition and contemporary art beyond the museum and into a place still closely connected with making, building and transforming.