An Occasion for Contemplating Ceramics and Sculpture: Seeds Sown in Shigaraki
In 2017, Kaikai Kiki Gallery and Takashi Murakami are fully getting behind contemporary ceramics. We will hold a series of group shows during the run of the Towada exhibition under the title An Occasion for Contemplating Ceramics and Sculpture. As the title suggests, these exhibitions explore possibilities of ceramics as sculpture.
What are the differences between ceramics and sculpture? The territorial sense endemic within the peculiar field of Japanese ceramics and possibilities of deviation. Difference in needs for ceramics and sculpture around the world, outside of Japan.
Of special note here is perhaps the rediscovery of artistry in Yoshitomo Nara鈥檚 ceramic works. Nara initially started working in ceramics as a rehabilitation method to overcome his intractable illness and, perhaps as a result, evaluation of his ceramic works seemed to have been suspended from the start. At the Shigaraki Ceramic Sculptural Park where he produced these works, however, he has sown new inspirational seeds in a number of young artists. We will present works by Yoshitomo Nara, the sower, together with those by several ceramic artists who have sprouted as a result, in the hope that the visitors will be able to experience what an utterly fresh breath feels like.
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In 2017, Kaikai Kiki Gallery and Takashi Murakami are fully getting behind contemporary ceramics. We will hold a series of group shows during the run of the Towada exhibition under the title An Occasion for Contemplating Ceramics and Sculpture. As the title suggests, these exhibitions explore possibilities of ceramics as sculpture.
What are the differences between ceramics and sculpture? The territorial sense endemic within the peculiar field of Japanese ceramics and possibilities of deviation. Difference in needs for ceramics and sculpture around the world, outside of Japan.
Of special note here is perhaps the rediscovery of artistry in Yoshitomo Nara鈥檚 ceramic works. Nara initially started working in ceramics as a rehabilitation method to overcome his intractable illness and, perhaps as a result, evaluation of his ceramic works seemed to have been suspended from the start. At the Shigaraki Ceramic Sculptural Park where he produced these works, however, he has sown new inspirational seeds in a number of young artists. We will present works by Yoshitomo Nara, the sower, together with those by several ceramic artists who have sprouted as a result, in the hope that the visitors will be able to experience what an utterly fresh breath feels like.
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