Artists who 'bake' with clay

Japanese artist Satoko’s Passing 1 (ceramic, glass, wooden box, 2016). Photos: Galeri Chandan

Step into the Breathe: The Clay Chemistry exhibition at Galeri Chandan in Kuala Lumpur, and you might end up feeling a little bit hungry. That’s because a lot of them appear to feature fruit, vegetable and fish motifs: although not in the way you might expect.

One exhibit shows a bird, struggling to fly, encased in a tangled web of cauliflower. In another, a school of fish rise in formation with a group of winged aubergines. And toward the back of the gallery, delicately carved platters and displays of fruit and fish, their surfaces speckled with dots, stand in rows.