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Showing posts with label akio takamori. Show all posts

Akio Takamori

I don't know how I could have missed this !!! I am so sad... I even went to Ateliers de France, it was under my nose. :(

photos taken at Galerie Collection - 4 rue de Thorigny - 75003 Paris
 



Pour la 1e fois en France et jusqu'au 25 mai à la galerie Collection : le sculpteur céramique considéré comme le plus novateur de sa génération. www.galeriecollection.fr

Akio Takamori

Considered in the United States as the most innovative ceramic sculptor of his generation, Akio Takamori is presented in France for the first time.

This monographic exhibition, organised in partnership with the Barry Friedman Gallery in New York, presents 13 sculptures and seven recent works on paper or wood.
Steeped in the history of European art and ancient mythology, Akio Takamori transposes the canons of beauty in a Japanese-inspired aesthetic

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Australian Subversive Triennale 2012


The Australian Triennale is just over but it is always interesting to see what is going on down under. Browse through blogs and site to check the great amount of fantastic works on show. Super lectures and workshop too ! I have another 3 years to book my ticket !
This year the theme was: Subversive Clay 
Akio Takamori

Here are some links :

http://australianceramicstriennale.com/
 http://2012australianceramicstriennale.wordpress.com/blog/


Stephanie James-Manttan





La Triennale australiana è appena finita, guardatevi tutti gli eventi, artisti e gallerie sul web. Un'evento incredibile ...che invidia !
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Yunomi



















Yunomi è un bellissimo libro che documenta una collezione di più di 500 pezzi.

Una yunomi è una tazza, solitamente in ceramica, più alta che larga e con un piedino. La yunomi, diversamente dalla più formale tazza chawan usata nella cerimonia del te, è una per cosumo del tè quotidiano.

Ogni pezzo è differenta e porta in se lo spirito del suo creatore, sul sito potete trovare informazioni sui ceramisti che fanno parte della collezione, ecco alcuni nomi:
Shoji Hamada, Kanjiro Kawai, Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Peter Voulkos, Toshiko Takaezu, Ken Ferguson, Warren MacKenzie, Randy Johnston, Ken Price, Akio Takamori, Laura Andreson, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, John Ward, Ian Godfrey, Shiro Otani, Kakurezaki Ryuichi, John Glick, Karen Karnes and Beatrice Wood
http://www.myteabowls.com/
http://www.yunomibook.com/

A beautiful book that documents a collection with over 500 pieces.
Introduction by Warren MacKenzie and Jeffrey Spahn.

A yunomi (Japanese: 湯のみ) is a form of teacup, typically made from a ceramic material, being taller than wide, with a trimmed or turned foot. Unlike the more formal chawan tea bowl which is used during the Japanese tea ceremony, the yunomi is made for daily (or informal) tea drinking.


"The connection between ceramics and tea-drinking has a rich, evolved culture. The qualities of handmade ceramic vessels have much in common with the virtues revered by the Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu, which developed into an art form after the ninth century when tea was introduced to Japan from China. Much like the ceramics it used, the simple act of tea drinking became symbolic in Japan of an appreciation of nature, simplicity and imperfection, and later a high art advocating harmony and balance.Tea bowls are never perfectly round, for they must fit the hands comfortably. A chawan is like a person. It has its own character and given time its own stories to tell, if one would listen. Most of its spirit comes directly from its maker, therefore looking at the creation one can get a sense of what kind of person the creator is, even without having met her or him."
The beautiful collection is made of very diverse pieces, each one trying to reflects each potter's style.
Artists include Shoji Hamada, Kanjiro Kawai, Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Peter Voulkos, Toshiko Takaezu, Ken Ferguson, Warren MacKenzie, Randy Johnston, Ken Price, Akio Takamori, Laura Andreson, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, John Ward, Ian Godfrey, Shiro Otani, Kakurezaki Ryuichi, John Glick, Karen Karnes and Beatrice Wood. Includes works by all ceramic Living National Treasures of Japan.http://www.myteabowls.com/
http://www.yunomibook.com/
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CV in New York

Scusate l'assenza di questi giorni, ma si sa nella Grande Mela nessuno ha mai tempo!
Pero' mi sono applicata sul campo, andando a vedere una mostra fantastica. Akio Takamori e' un artista davvero eccezionale, e questa mostra da Barry Friedman incanta. Ispirata da Alice nel paese delle meraviglie e dalla Venere, patrimonio di una cultura occidentale, Takamori le trasforma in idoli giapponesi, maestosi e oscuri.
Le statue sono grandi ed incutono un timore quasi reverenziale dal vivo, ma sono anche molto inquitanti testimoni di chissa' quale evento.
In attesa di nuove visite guardatevi il link www.barryfriedmanltd.com

Sorry for the absence of these past days, but we all know that time runs fast in the Big Apple!
But on my behalf I have some exceptionally good material to show you. I went to see Akio Takamori at Barry Friedman gallery and I am still enchanted. The work inspired by Alice In Wonderland and the Venus, takes a bizarre oriental twist. The statues big and scary, seem to hide some terrible secret under the opaque layers of underglaze. Takamori is great master and this show is a clear evidence of that.
Waiting for more have a long look at the show www.barryfriedmanltd.com
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