The architecture
The flight performance of the paper plane is decided according to the size, weight, and the hardness of paper. The size is 540x410mm. Thin Japanese paper invents lightening the airframe and a moderate rigidity. In addition, it has a rich flexibility. The lines as a guide to fold and the decals of the marks are made by layered paper. With the difference of the thickness and a slight ruggedness, it looks as the actual structure of the jet plane. Also using the hand-made lead leaves, the body shines like metal. The amount that leaves had made heavy is lightened by partially pulling out the layer. The process for folding is called 'Navel type'. It promises the stability flight.
- From the plan of PAX-4, Shusuke Ao, 2009

eitoeiko is pleased to announce PAX-4 by Shusuke Ao. Shusuke Ao(b.1981) thinks about the art which is in the industrial products. Beauty stays in the product that improves the quality ultimately. From pyramid to nano-technology, history says it. One of the most beautiful products is a jet plane. The development of the jet plane has advanced in the war. The artist was grown up with jet plane because his father was a pilot. The artist found the way to extract the beauty from the industrial products. Ao reveals it by the process to assemble the jet planes from the blueprint to the mass manufacture. This is an attempt to regain the purity of the beauty in the domain of art.  

Shusuke Ao
1981 Born in Japan. Lives and works in Yokosuka
2003 Everything on the shelfs in my brain, solo exhibition, Ono gallery II
2004 man game, solo exhibition, Key gallery
2004 BA Japanese Painting, Tama Art University
2006 FLIGHT, solo exhibition, 77 Studio

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