My happiest years in terms of education were by far the four years I spent studying Interior Architecture at UNSW in Sydney. One of the many reasons for that happiness was that we were encouraged to explore space, composition, depth, movement, and the art of what architecture could be, through the making of models. Be it of paper, plastic or metal, these explorations of space were incredibly rewarding for the aesthetic soul, because whereby you tested how your architectural ideas would come to fruition in the physical sense, you were at the same time creating art. I still have a number of my models at home, and I keep them with the greatest of pride.
Which brings me to the spellbinding work of artist Toshitaka Aoyagi. His work, albeit of course a million times more refined than what we would have done at uni, presents us with a series of collections where Toshitaka uses models or 3D artworks to create the most sublime studies of space.
In this post I have included three of Toshitaka's collections. From top to bottom they are Open (a collection of 8), Bend (a collection of 10), and Area (a collection of 10 also). More of Toshitaka's captivating work can be found on his Behance page. And a short interview with the artist can also be viewed at Coeval Magazine.com.
What I find fascinating about Toshitaka's art is that it is based on minimal shapes and what appears to be simplicity in execution. However such perfection in visual balance could only be the result of a much more complex process of refining and elaborating the key elements that comprise each artwork, and then putting them together in the perfect composition.
What is also very alluring in viewing Toshikata's art is that it takes you on a journey. His work is presented in collections within which each piece has its own charisma, it's own story, and it's own special role to play within the full series. And yet while different, the pieces within a collection have a true harmony with one another, as they unfurl from one to the next...
But perhaps the three aspects that give me the greatest viewing pleasure in the featured works in this post, are the balance of order versus chaos, the study of negative space versus positive, and the use of simple asymmetrical geometry. I think that I can stare at these pieces for eternity...
Source - toshitaka aoyagi & coeval-magazine.com
Images - toshitaka aoyagi
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