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Vertical Emptiness by Onishi Yasuaki

Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi uses wire, glue, and crystallized urea (a commonly used material in the chemical industry) to create a stark, dripping installation appropriately named Vertical Emptiness.

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He begins by creating a mesh structure that hangs from the ceiling, and then pours glue through it. The glue hangs, drips, and becomes a vertical connecter between the ground and the ceiling. The crystallized urea is applied to the glue line and wire, which transmit the feelings of a landscape. Empty space is then filled by combining the work of gravity, action, heat, and crystallization.

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Glass windows covered in crystallization and paintings covered with black glue and polished by graphite add to the feeling of isolation of the main piece.

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Vertical Emptiness was exhibited at Gallery Out of Place TOKIO in Tokyo, Japan.

After surviving a quarter life crisis, Nanette went from working in healthcare canadian meds to pursuing her loves of design, food and writing. During the day she works in social media marketing, by night she writes for Design Milk. You can find more of her work at nanettewong.com.