Suzuki Osamu 鈴木治 1926-2001

As a co-founder of the avant-garde group Sodeisha 走泥社 in the 1940s, Suzuki Osamu was integral to the modernization of Japanese art after World War II. He and his peers were the first to create ceramic sculptures that functioned solely as aesthetic objects rather than functional items. With this structured piece, he takes his work fully into the realm of sculpture. Alongside Kumakura Junkichi during the 1970s, the potters explored how sculpture could blend into functional daily life, bringing the concept and category of modern “Design” as we know it...