February Show

Harumi Nakashima is one of the most important new artists to emerge on the international scene. His dynamic forms draw inspiration from nature while addressing contemporary artistic concerns such as the relationships between form, volume, and surface. Alive with the tension of organic vs. formal vs. abstraction, the work invites the viewer into a dialogue on multiple levels. Nakashima pays equal attention to both form and surface in an exquisite ballet in which each supports and informs the other. 

March Show

 Kosuke KANESHIGE A group of new arrivals will be exhibited at Dai Ichi Arts from March 5 through 29, 2005
Kosuke Kaneshige is a Bizen potter with a long family lineage, and a modernist sensibility. In his series of "Saint's Garments" the dark Bizen stoneware billows and flows as cloth would. Kaneshige exploits the full plasticity of clay to great expressive effect. Other forms exhibit a sharper edge and more rigid structure to evoke strength or, often, strength challenged by unnamed and unseen forces. 

March 30 To April Show

 A Celebration of Japanese Ceramics March 30 - April 9, 2005
This survey show brings together some of today's most admired and innovative ceramic artists with antique examples that highlight aspects of the vast range of Japanese ceramic art. Today's artists continue to mine Japan's long ceramic tradition for inspiration while developing their own, unique artistic -__expression.
Excellent examples of Jomon, Yayoi, Sueki, Haniwa, Tamba, Bizen & Shigaraki. 
Highlights from Goro Suzuki, Shoko Koike, Yasuo Hayashi, Shueharu Fukami, Kosuke Kaneishige, Shoji Hamada, Toshisada Wakao, Tsubusa Katoh, Takuo Nakamura, Yuriko Matsuda ...



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