Mavericks

Koinuma Michio, Tsuboshima Dohei, and Kawamoto Goro are three singular voices in Japanese ceramics, each celebrated for their technical virtuosity and expansive creative range. The three artists emerged during a time when the idea of a ceramicist was being challenged: by identifying themselves as individualistic artists, these three figures were part of a generation that elevated the object vessel category into high art in Japan. By expanding expression through vessels, these artists also broadened the ceramic category in the latter half of the 20th century. This exhibition catalog also features two contributing essays by Japanese art scholars Kazuko Todate and Daniel McOwan alongside high resolution images of the artists and their work, published on the occasion of Asia Week New York 2025.