Water Drop

Mineo Mizuno created this large ceramic piece by using his hands to gouge out a depression in the center, leaving traces of the shapes of his fingers. The Japanese character repeated across the surface can mean “nothingness,” “null,” “void,” or “zero,” but it also refers to the name of the fighter planes used by the Japanese in World War II. Mizuno’s father died in the war, before he was born, and this deeply personal work addresses his sense of loss.