Yamazaki’s practice asks viewers to reconsider that which we perceive as absolute—from the permanence of societal structures to what we value and even consume. His most recent series, “Fossils From the Future,” are sculptures of everyday objects and luxury goods, from a bag of Lay’s potato chips to Nike Air Jordans, that the artist transforms into artifacts of the past. Currently, these works are on view in an online exhibition with Seitaro Yamazaki. Yamazaki makes these relic-like, paint-coated sculptures by casting sand and transparent acrylic resin through 3-D printing modeling data. These sculptures feel encrusted with the patinas of millennia while the resin acts almost like amber, giving the sense of seeing our current moment strangely frozen.

Seitaro Yamazaki’s work shows us the eternal link between human beings and nature – in a broad sense of the word – in which transformation, chance, time or movement make their presence felt. With his series Fossils from the future (2021) Tamazaki exhibits the relationship of the contemporary individual with the symbol, consumption and the icon: an exquisite and pertinent work.

The pursuer of beauty who continues to propagate using youth as his weapon. This is Seitaro. I first met him 14 or was it 5 years ago. No other creator is so adept at conceiving so many new possibilities year after year. This is not an alternative role or a transformation, I prefer to see it as a proliferation. Every year a new creative personality named Seitaro is created and multiplys. I am always amazed how his output is also so innovative and complete each time. In 15 years, I have encountered him in over 15 different creative personalities: artist, ikebana master, Chinese ink painter, designer, radio DJ, architect, stage actor, listed company executive, judge, intellectual, and musician. The number of personalities continues to increase as he continues in his pursuit of beauty from all angles. I’m looking forward to seeing his next project and the characters that emerge.

What mountains do you climb in your creative career? What’s the weather like? One thing that is certain about weather is that it changes. As creatives, we’re all on this journey, young or old, emerging or established, artist or designer on in Sei’s case, both.