Mitsumata

A sculptural work of considerable presence, the Mitsumata commands attention through its generous vertical scale — eighty inches of composed, upward energy that speaks to the Japanese forking branch from which it takes its name. Fabric and silk inform its surface with a quietude that rewards proximity, the material catching and releasing light with the subtle variance of something grown rather than manufactured. It occupies space the way great art always does: not aggressively, but with an authority that reshapes the room around it.