‘Error’
Terumasa Ikeda makes Japanese lacquerware boxes. Instead of decorating them with the traditional mother-of-pearl flowers or leaves, though, he inlays them with tiny numerals laser-cut from abalone shells. The works in his glittering black “Error” series, so called for their intentional cracks and pits, look like ancient alien computers, but also like polished stone; combining familiar forms with contemporary references, they have a transporting, if not slightly unnerving, sense of timelessness. In Japan, demand for them is so high that buyers are chosen by lottery; at Ippodo Gallery (32 East 67th Street, third floor) on the Upper East Side, he’s showing overseas for the first time.
Mar 16, 2023