Natsuki Oshiro’s multidisciplinary work is characterized by a multi-layered transformation process. Literature, garden architecture and semiotics combine in her creative process over several stages to create colorful geometric installations.
In the first phase of her work, the artist extracts individual patterns from poems, landscapes or architecture. These become an archive of personal impressions and interpretations from which she draws when constructing her sculptures. This results in architectural modules that are arranged in space and in turn form a coded landscape. These constellations are then transformed into paintings. The figures depicted change with each generation of this transformation. One work contains another, it evolves, splits and disintegrates again into its individual parts. This system is inspired by Japanese traditions in garden architecture and poetry. Through this complex process, the subject of her works continues to be formalized as a symbol – a symbol that does not demand universal understanding but includes a multitude of personal perspectives and interpretations.