Shuji Yamamoto current sculptural works are inspired by the design of traditional Japanese gardens known as Nihon Teien. Within these gardens the craft of every object inspire a reflection on the human condition.

Within this exhibition Yamamoto continues this tradition but chooses artificial materials in place of natural ones. Small-scale rock mountains made of plastic spread out in the middle of the space with carefully scattered sand between them. With the sand flowing between the rocks there is a suggesting of water, evoking a silent view of the small coastal islands of western Japan.

The surfaces of the rock, formations are articulated with sprouting pine trees with leaves simplified and almost cartoon looking. He repeats an image of a symbolized leaf on a more abstracted, reduced section of the pine trees and distorts the trunk and the roots. These pines almost look like comical creatures that survived a severe nature disaster. His humor is subtle but clearly stands out from strictly stylized manner of the work.