Shin Asato
Ozaki Land Bldg. 
Figure and Ground
Setting up an art installation on figure and ground in a corner of an old building, built back in 1965.
Gestalt psychology explains the individual components one sees and the patterns and configurations behind it with the terms “”figure and ground””.
By looking around a space, we find old pieces of glass that could no longer be been, an awkward floor plan, and a time-stained wall. By locating and altering these elements, one transforms “”figure and ground”” into a work of art.
Connecting our time with the continuation of time that flows there.
Born in Okinawa in 1984, Okinawa/ Chiba based artist Asato graduated from the University of the Ryukyus (Department of Human Sciences) in 2008 and went on to complete the post graduate course at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (Painting Major) in 2015 before becoming a research student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 2016 to 2017.
Mostly interested in formless natural phenomena such as light, water, and wind, Asato creates two-dimensional works, mixed media, and installations based on physical senses and spatial perceptions that reflect the laws of nature, the environmental and cultural conditions that surround us. In recent years, through his work, Asato has been taking part in various local issues, through his work, and he tries to revitalize their characteristics and presense unique to them.
