“The overall sales of the Japanese ceramics market and the sales of the popular game "Dragon Ball Dokkan Battle" were almost the same.” In other words, there are no customers in the ceramic art market today. Mochida believed that he could only learn to make tableware in the ceramic art laboratory of Tokyo University of the Arts. However, he found that the number of customers has been increasing in recent years at the exhibitions held by the laboratory. For Mochida, in this Capitalist world, he wants to exploit the market through ceramics just as the anime game “Dragon Ball” did. Mochida takes inspiration from Japanese subculture and popular culture, and he reflects the distorted universal phenomenon of in-game culture into his sculpture.
The RELAY21 Ceramic exhibition will introduce Mochida’s latest works. Just ask ourselves, “Are Muscles the answer to everything? In fighting games, role-playing games, or other games between fighting and role-playing, players have to prove themselves by raising their power level. Now, these players have more options by selecting tough guys from 15 different colors. Please select your favorite color and they will boost your power.” by Shoji Mochida.
Born in Japan in 1993, Shoji Mochida graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Crafts, and now studies in the Department of Ceramics, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Recently, he had his solo exhibition Shoji Mochida: Counterattack of Youth in Tokyo. He was granted Geidai Art Plaza 14th Awards last year.
More art works: http://www.yicollecta.com/en/collections/53
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