ARTIST INFORMATION
1935年、岐阜県土岐市生まれ。窯業が盛んで、安土桃山期に焼き物の大きな改革をしている美濃で育った伊藤は、現在も同地に自宅と工房を構え制作している。
1954年武蔵野美術学校に入学し油画を専攻。卒業後は岐阜県陶磁器試験場デザイン室に籍を置き、クラフト運動の指導者、日根野作三に大きな影響を受けた。当初は平面での意匠のみ行っていたが、実際の立体とのつながりに限界を感じ、自らやきもの制作を手がけ始める。以降日常の器やクラフトに加え、早くから鉄など他素材もくみあわせた「陶による彫刻」「インスタレーション」のような立体造形を発表してきた。
Born in 1935, Toki, Gifu Prefecture. Ito grew up in Mino that is home to a thriving ceramic industry, and whose potteries had undergone major reform in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. He currently continues live and work in Mino where both his home and workshop are located.
Ito entered Musashino Art University in 1954, where he studied oil painting. Upon graduating university he joined the design department of the Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Research Institute, where he was greatly influenced by Sakuzo Hineno, who was a leading figure in Japan’s crafts movement. While at first solely engaging in two-dimensional design work, he eventually also began to produce ceramics himself due to realizing the limitations of the connection between designing on a flat surface and with the actual three-dimensional works for which they were intended. Ever since, in addition to everyday vessels, tea ware, and crafts, he has produced three-dimensional forms such as “ceramic sculptures” and “installations” which from early on have combined other materials like iron.
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