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(Updated as of Apr. 01, 2008)
Yasuhiro KOHARA
December 6 – 20, 2005
Kohara’s aesthetic sense and technique have been shaped by the strong Shigaraki tradition. The lush, green, and mountainous vistas of Shigaraki find expression in his work, which is evocative of volcanic forces, waterfalls, pristine pools. Kohara works in a variety of forms: vases, teabowls, baskets, covered boxes, rectangular and circular platters and distinctive wall-mounted flower holders.
While giving tradition its due, Kohara is an exuberant modernist, international in his tastes, and passionate about his many interests, which range from jazz to scuba diving. Other influences include Miro (the paintings, not the ceramics) for his use of negative space, Picasso and Jean-Michel Basquiat. A jazz buff, he admires of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, and one can see a kind of improvisation in his ceramic art.
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