Two new sculptural installations will open at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs on Saturday and continue on view through Sept. 28. A reception will happen Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
“Daisuke Kiyomiya: Forms of Perception,” the artist’s first solo show in the United States, features sculptural works that explore the shifting relationships among physical form, internal experience, and atmospheric space.
In a fluid and improvisational process, Mr. Kiyomiya transforms memories, emotions, and observations into three-dimensional works that respond to the space as much as to the material. The show includes a selection of recent and newly created works, many of which were designed specifically for the John Little Barn.
Hanging works and suspended forms engage with the verticality of the space, inviting the viewer to consider the object not only as a static form but also as a presence that shifts with the movement of the air around it. The artist’s practice is guided by intuition, introspection, and a sensitivity to the world’s changing rhythms. Influenced by books, people, and daily experience, the work resists fixed interpretation.
Mr. Kiyomiya is also a cathedral stonemason who has helped restore stonework at landmark buildings throughout New York City, including St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Frick Collection.
“Bruce Sherman: Bonsai and Spirit Rocks,” a site-specific installation in the Little Gallery, explores the contemplative intersections of nature, spirituality, and transformation.
Mr. Sherman reimagines the traditional forms of bonsai trees and sui-seki (Japanese “spirit rocks”), objects revered for their meditative and philosophical resonance, as vessels for ceramic and glaze experimentation. In Japanese and Buddhist traditions, bonsai embody patience, discipline, and transience, while sui-seki evoke entire landscapes in a single stone. By recreating these forms in ceramic, the artist preserves and transforms them, blending ancient wisdom with modern materiality.
The works speak to the aliveness of the natural world, drawing the viewer from contemplation of Duck Creek’s serene grounds into the quiet space of the gallery. The exhibition continues Mr. Sherman’s practice of blending the personal, spiritual, and mythological.
Mr. Sherman, who lives and works in New York City, has had solo exhibitions there as well as in Milan, Los Angeles, and Brussels.
