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The artist duo Blechmeki (a portmanteau of their names, Max Blechman and Kazu Umeki) use mass-produced American pottery from the 1930s through the 1980s to create photographic tableaux of astonishing simplicity and beauty. At first glance, individual pieces of pottery – such as vases or figurines – appear identical, but closer inspection reveals subtle and captivating variations in shape and color. Indeed, the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi (appreciating beauty that is imperfect, impermanent and incomplete by nature) carries over to their pottery. By applying geometric compositional protocols to photographing these objects, Blechmeki's work forces the viewer to consider them in a way that transcends their mundane origins.
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