Objet / Yoshikawa Masamichi
Porcelain Objet d'Art by Yoshikawa Masamichi
Yoshikawa Masamichi (1946- ), since his youth, had a keen sense of design, and wished to become an interior designer until fate had him step into the pottery center of Tokoname in his 20's. It was the beauty within functionality, or the "yo-no-bi" aesthetic, that strongly inspired Yoshikawa at Tokoname. That young man, from the days of his youthful epiphany, has developed into an imaginative creator of porcelain wares, while his name is now well known internationally as well as domestically. Just listing the number of awards won and public collections that acquired his work will take some time. To name but a few of his awards, Yoshikawa has won the Grand Prize at the Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Gold Medal at the Munich International Art and Craft Exhibition, Grand Prize at the Deishi Porcelain Triennial, Gold Prize at the Vallavris International Ceramic Art Exhibition, and the Grand Prix at the First Taiwan Ceramics Biennial International Competition (2004) etc. For public collections, he has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kessner Craft Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and many others. Yoshikawa visited our office yesterday and I selected some works and this is the first we're offering (others can be seen in later photos). This is one of Yoshikawa's imaginative designs pieced together like a like castle; every turn uncovers a different temperament to the piece. What is also interesting, and perhaps very Japanese, about Yoshikawa's creations, is that he often spends more time on the base of a piece, rather than the visible front. This can be seen in this work as well, as he creates a Miro or Pollock-inspired design on the base This very engaging work is 20.0cm.tall, 19.0cm.across and 15.2cm.deep.
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