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| Details: | This exhibition celebrates the achievement of four members of the Kondo family: Kondo Yuzo (1902–1985); his sons Yutaka (1932–1983) and Hiroshi (1936–2012); and his grandson Takahiro (born 1958). Based in Kyoto, Japan’s former capital city and a time-honored hub of cultural production, all four artists received intense early training in the use of the potter’s wheel. Both Yuzo and Hiroshi devoted their careers to creating wheel-thrown porcelain vessels decorated with lively painted motifs. Yutaka worked mostly in stoneware, creating pieces that reflect influences from Korean ceramics and Western abstract art. Over half the exhibition is devoted to work by Kondo Takahiro, the youngest member of the family. For much of his career he has rejected the potter’s wheel in favor of other techniques including hand building, molding, marbling, and casting. In 2004 he patented a distinctive glaze called ginteki (“silver mist”), which, composed of several precious metals, forms a mass of gleaming, mirror-like beads after being kiln fired.
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| Audience: | All Welcome | | Category: | Exhibit | | Submitted by: | contributed |
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