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Listening to clay : conversations with contemporary Japanese ceramic artists
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Listening to clay : conversations with contemporary Japanese ceramic artists / Alice North, Halsey North, and Louise Allison Cort ; principal photography by Taya Mariko and Richard Goodbody.
ISBN
9781580935920
1580935923
Publication
New York, NY : Monacelli, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
351 pages : color illustrations, portraits, maps ; 28 cm
Notes
Includes index.
"This book also includes conversations with five important dealers of contemporary Japanese ceramics who have played and are playing a critical role in introducing the work of these artists to the world, several detailed appendices, and a glossary of terms, relevant people, and relationships. Published to coincide with an upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ... "--Press release, page 1.
Summary
"The first book to tell the stories of some of the most revered living Japanese ceramists of the century, tracing the evolution of modern and contemporary craft and art in Japan, and the artists' considerable influence, which far transcends national borders"-- Provided by publisher.
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Conversations with contemporary Japanese ceramic artists
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 07, 2022
Contents
Preface / Glenn Adamson
Foreword / Monika Bincsik
Introduction / Alice North, Halsey North, and Louise Allison Cort
Map of Japan
Map of Kyoto
Artist Interviews. 01. Conversation with Hayashi Yasuo, b. 1928. 02. Conversation with Mishima Kimiyo, b. 1932. 03. Conversation with Morino Hiroaki Taimei, b. 1934. 04. Conversation with Kohyama Yasuhisa, b. 1936. 05. Conversation with Miyashita Zenji, 1939-2012, and Miyashita Hideko, b. 1944. 06. Conversation with Miwa Ryūkishō, b. 1940 as Ryōsaku, formerly Kyūsetsu XII. 07. Conversation with Koike Shōko, b. 1943. 08. Conversation with Ogawa Machiko, b. 1946. 09. Conversation with Fukami Sueharu, b. 1947. 10. Conversation with Kakurezaki Ryūichi, b. 1950. 11. Conversation with Miwa Kyūsetsu XIII, b. 1951 as Kazuhiko. 12. Conversation with Kaneta Masanao, b. 1953. 13. Conversation with Akiyama Yō, b. 1953. 14. Conversation with Yagi Akira, b. 1955. 15. Conversation with Kitamura Junko, b. 1956. 16. Conversation with Kondō Takahiro, b. 1958
Dealer Interviews. 17. Conversation with Kikuchi Misao, b. 1950, about her mother, Madame Kikuchi Tomo, 1923-2016, Kandori Gallery and Musée Tomo, Tokyo. 18. Conversation with Saitō Takeo, 1935-2018, Gallery Saitō-an, Hagi. 19. Conversation with Koyanagi Atsuko, b. 1961, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo. 20. Conversation with Joan B. Mirviss, b. 1952, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, NYC. 21. Conversation with Robert Yellin, b. 1960, Robert Yellin Yakimono Gallery, Kyoto
Appendices. I. Ceramics Department Faculty, Kyoto City University of Arts (Kyoto Geidai). II. Exhibitions, Musée Tomo, Tokyo, 2003-2021. III. Exhibitions, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, 1987-2001. IV. Exhibitions, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, NYC, 2001-2021
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