
Memoirs of an Imperfect KawaiiTrill BB 4
A hydro-dipped ceramic vessel glazed in swirling, iridescent patterns reflects Parker Ito's playful collision of internet aesthetics and physical craft. The work's hardware elements introduce an industrial tension against the delicate, kawaii-inflected surface, bridging digital youth culture with handmade tradition. Ito's signature blending of the abject and the adorable renders the object simultaneously precious and irreverent.
- Medium
- hydro‐dipped ceramic, glaze & hardware
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
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December 9, 2015
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Shary Boyle
Canadian · b. 1972
Boyle creates ceramic sculptures that blend delicate craft traditions with subversive and irreverent cultural references, producing objects that are simultaneously precious and unsettling in ways that closely parallel Ito's kawaii meets abject aesthetic.

Josh Kline
American · b. 1979

Kline merges internet culture, consumer aesthetics, and physical materials into post internet sculptural objects that carry the same tension between digital youth culture and tangible craft found in Ito's hydro dipped ceramic work.

Takuro Kuwata
Japanese · b. 1981

Kuwata produces glazed ceramic vessels with explosive iridescent and glossy surfaces that push traditional pottery into playful contemporary territory, sharing Ito's glossy finish, swirling iridescent patterning, and irreverent approach to ceramic tradition.
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