Mineo Mizuno explores the hybridized relationship between the elements as expressed in his uniquely compelling understanding of his materials, both film and ceramics.  The unglazed porcelain vessels (atop a raw wood pedestal) in this exhibition do not so much as punctuate the visual language described in the three videos shot in Japan, New York and California, but encapsulate the idea of the expansion, breadth and trajectory of water, both real and imagined. Mizuno is in love with water and all it signifies and suggests, and this newest body of work is so much more than an ode to an elemental life force, but becomes an investigation of the ways we have come to understand, or misunderstand, our planet. 

Samuel Freeman Gallery
2639 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034