Japanese Ceramics Today 1 2 - PRINTER VERSION
>> Considering Madame Kikuchi's relationship to many of the artists in this exhibition the choices of the work are understandable. She is not an uninterested observer of contemporary Japanese ceramics, but a dealer actively supporting her artists. And it is important to be aware of this when viewing this exhibition.
If the "second flowering of ceramics in Japan, comparable to the Momoyama Period" is to occur in contemporary Japanese ceramics as Madame Kikuchi believes, it must go beyond or at the very least prove to be equally as strong and tenacious as the work which embodied the esthetic concepts of the Momoyama Period, its sell-acknowledged mentor. Unfortunately that is not the case with most of the work in this exhibition.
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>> Considering Madame Kikuchi's relationship to many of the artists in this exhibition the choices of the work are understandable. She is not an uninterested observer of contemporary Japanese ceramics, but a dealer actively supporting her artists. And it is important to be aware of this when viewing this exhibition.
If the "second flowering of ceramics in Japan, comparable to the Momoyama Period" is to occur in contemporary Japanese ceramics as Madame Kikuchi believes, it must go beyond or at the very least prove to be equally as strong and tenacious as the work which embodied the esthetic concepts of the Momoyama Period, its sell-acknowledged mentor. Unfortunately that is not the case with most of the work in this exhibition.
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© 1980 - 2024 Rob Barnard . All Rights Reserved. Site design: eismontdesign