Koji Hatakeyama | Scenes in Bronze

<p>‘I create contained vessels; I try to convey the sense that something is concealed or hidden within. I try to provoke a sense of the spiritual world in my bronze boxes. The patterns and facets I create on the outside are a direct response to the landscape. I find that when using gold or silver leaf within the interiors, there is a sense of enlightenment when opening the lid, my intention is to enter a different world, a different place. This place has no darkness. My consciousness is veiled in bronze.’ – Koji Hatakeyama</p> <p>Public Collections include:<br /> Victoria & Albert Museum, London; British Museum, London; National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh; Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham; The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France; Musée Guimet, Paris, France; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA; National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Denmark Royal Family, Copenhagen, Denmark; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan; Musee Tomo, Tokyo, Japan; MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Japan; MIHO Museum, Shigaraki, Japan.</p>