#03 – Flatworks: Hut #3 (All Around You, 2024) by Mitsuru Koga Online Hot Sale

History: 
Based in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, Mitsuru Koga infuses life into mundane materials, transforming them into objects of art. These transformations reflect Koga’s commitment to exploring the delicate relationship between man and object. With his flatworks, Koga takes three-dimensional objects and flattens them. The resulting two-dimensional forms point to the original use of these items—boxes, paint cans and baskets and tin huts—while subtracting their utility. These works reflect both the beauty of Koga’s fine craftsmanship and the humor of rendering the functional functionless.