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陶磁土や漆を素材に国内外で活動する5名の作家、泉田之也氏・中村康平氏・水元かよこ氏・若宮隆志氏・和田的氏を特集。土の層を幾重にも重ねて成形する泉田氏。数寄者好みの味わい深い茶碗を制作する中村康平氏。九谷焼をべースに、ポップカルチャーなどの要素を取り入れた水元氏。職人集団「彦十蒔絵」の棟梁であり伝統的な意匠の文様を継承しつつ新たに蒔絵の世界を展開している若宮隆志氏。真っ白な白磁を削り出して端正な造形を創り出す和田氏。五者五様の造形美をお楽しみいただけます。

Gallery concept

Featuring five KOGEI artists, Yukiya Izumita, Kohei Nakamura, Kayoko Mizumoto, Takashi Wakamiya, and Akira Wada. Izumita molds layers of clay repeatedly. Nakamura creates Cha-wan, Japanese traditional tea bowl, with the taste of the great tea master in Japan. Mizumoto's work distil the imageny of pop culture into classical Kutani ware. Wakamiya expanses a new stage of Makie ( urushi ware decoration method of drawing a design with liquid urushi, over which filings are sprinkled while the urushi is still moist ) while leading the artists group “Hikojyu-Makie” who juherits skills of traditional design. Wada carves white porcelain sculpture out of a knife to fabricate complex structure with lines and curves.