{"id":12881,"date":"2026-05-17T16:27:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/?p=12881"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:27:55","slug":"utterance-of-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/en\/utterance-of-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Solo Exhibition\u3011Yasuaki Kuroda \u300cutterance of plants\u300d"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bogo-language-switcher list-view\"><li class=\"en-US en current first\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-us\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en-US\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/\" title=\"English\" class=\"current\" aria-current=\"page\">English<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ja\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-jp\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"ja\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/\" title=\"Japanese\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ko-KR ko\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-kr\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"ko-KR\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/\" title=\"Korean\">\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"zh-CN zh last\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-cn\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"zh-CN\" href=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/\" title=\"Chinese\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>biscuit gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo) is pleased to announce \u300cutterance of plants\u300d a solo exhibition by artist Yasuaki Kuroda, opening on June 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1860\" height=\"1900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12815\" src=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/YasuyukiKuroda\uff3fMain.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/YasuyukiKuroda\uff3fMain.jpg 1860w, https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/YasuyukiKuroda\uff3fMain-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/YasuyukiKuroda\uff3fMain-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/YasuyukiKuroda\uff3fMain-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/YasuyukiKuroda\uff3fMain-1504x1536.jpg 1504w, https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/YasuyukiKuroda\uff3fMain-1200x1226.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Yasuaki Kuroda is an artist and textile designer who challenges and reevaluates our perception of the world through the practice of hand-weaving silk threads dyed with botanical elements. Kuroda personally forages plants, extracts their dyes through boiling, colors the silk threads, and weaves them. Even within the same plant species, the resulting colors vary drastically depending on minor differences in the soil, climate, and the timing of the harvest. These hues encapsulate both the passage of time the plants have endured and the memories of the land in which they took root. Before the advent of written language, textiles served as a form of speech, connecting humanity and nature as an interconnected whole. Kuroda\u2019s practice returns to weaving as this primordial language, attempting to re-examine the relationship between humans and the universe.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The title of the exhibition, &#8220;utterance of plants&#8221; (<i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"52\">Kusaki Mono Iu<\/i>), derives from the ancient worldview of &#8220;<i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"108\">Kusaki Kototo<\/i>&#8221; (the speaking of plants and trees), recorded in the <i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"175\">Nihon Shoki<\/i> (The Chronicles of Japan) and <i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"217\">Norito<\/i> (Shinto ritual prayers). This concept points back to an origin-world where all elements of nature were once believed to converse with one another. Kuroda has translated these voices into a spectrum of approximately 150 colors extracted from dried botanical specimens. These colors represent the traces left by plants being inherently continuous with the earth, eloquently narrating the state of a world that encompasses environments and humans alike.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The centerpiece of this exhibition is an installation featuring large-scale panel works and approximately 150 spools of colored thread arranged across the floor. Bringing together the raw botanical elements used as dye, the vast accumulation of the resulting colored threads, and the final woven pieces\u2014the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to unveil the creative process, which is usually confined within the artist\u2019s studio, directly into the gallery space. We cordially invite you to experience this unique exhibition.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Exhibition Overview<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"22\">Yasuaki Kuroda Solo Exhibition:<\/b><strong> \u300cutterance of plants\u300d<\/strong><b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"76\">Venue:<\/b> biscuit gallery (Shinjuku)<br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"110\">Dates:<\/b> Saturday, June 6 \u2013 Sunday, June 28, 2026 <br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"158\">Hours:<\/b> 13:00 \u2013 19:00 *Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays<br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"225\">Opening Reception:<\/b> Saturday, June 6, 17:00 \u2013 20:00 *Open to all visitors. <br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"300\">Admission:<\/b> Free <br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"316\">Organizer:<\/b> biscuit gallery<br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"343\">Note:<\/b> For artwork inquiries, please contact the gallery directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>biscuit gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo) is pleased to announce \u300cutterance of plants\u300d a solo exhibition by artist Yasuaki Kuroda, opening on June 6, 2026. Yasuaki Kuroda is an artist and textile designer who challenges and reevaluates our perception of the world through the practice of hand-weaving silk threads dyed with botanical elements. Kuroda personally forages plants, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"page-exhibition_s-size.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/?p=12805"},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12900,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/revisions\/12900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biscuitgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}