vol.90
the gray
Glass: Hideki Yokoyama / Ceramic: Keisuke Iwata
Textile: MAKI TEXTILE STUDIO / Inaba Keiko
2016.4.16-5.1
Gray, a mixed color of everything.
Every time in the gallery, a lot of personality stands out and gives off various colors.
The shades of the natural material itself, the gradation of shades that are close to shadows and light, and the grays that show different expressions depending on the angle.
In this exhibition, where the works of four artists are lined up under the theme of "gray / gray" , the temperature, atmosphere, form, and the existence of the work itself are diverse.
The simple one-color glass expression reveals the shape of things, and the overlapping colors of the glass show a deeper color scale.
The porcelain gray, which looks like a sieve of the complex color of the soil, shows us various grays. It seems that it has been reborn into a different shape with a texture and a fluffy, minimalist form with the palm .
The grayish gradation threads wrapped around the branches gently and lightly create the shape of the twig as if it were wrapped in a veil, and derive the shape as an object .
Even with the same thread expression, the cloths that Indian women continued to sew are completely different . The chatter is colorfully overlapped, adding color and adding depth to the gray bosom.
It is a warm impression as it tells.
I think that this individuality, its variety, and the fun are the charms of gray, and the charm of each artist's work .
Nao Masaki
Hideki Yokoyama
Glass
1950 Born in Iizuka
1973 Meet Kurashiki glass, Shinzo Kodani's glass in Kurashiki
1977 Studied under Shinzo Kodani
1981 Build a kiln in Funao-cho, Okayama Prefecture
1983 Build a kiln in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Since then, he has exhibited in various places, and in recent years, in England and Italy.
We are expanding the range of activities such as holding exhibitions.
1950 Born in Iizuka, Japan
1973 Met with the KURASHIKI glass Artist Shinzo Kotani
1977 Studied under Shinzo Kotani
1981 Built his own kiln at Funahoucho, Okayama
1983 Moved the kiln to Iizuka, Fukuoka,
and has been performing solo exhibitions in Japan
since, and recently expanded farther
Keisuke Iwata
Ceramic
1954 Born in Soeda Town, Tagawa District, Fukuoka Prefecture
1977 Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Sculpture
Admission to Tajimi Technical High School Ceramics Course
1978 Seto becomes a disciple of Goro Kawamoto
1983 Opened kiln in hometown
1986 First solo exhibition at "Akasaka Inui Gallery" in Tokyo
Since then, his works have been presented mainly at solo exhibitions in various places.
1992 Produced in Paris, solo exhibition
Started production of Estampage series
1995 Moved the workshop to Tsuyazaki Town, Fukuoka Prefecture
2011, 2012 Exhibited at "les journees de la ceramique" sponsored by the city of Paris
At Gallery NAO MASAKI ―
2013 "Furniture Exhibition by Artists"
1954: Born in Soedamachi, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture
1977: Graduated from Nihon University College of Art (studied sculpture)
Entered the ceramic art course of Tajimi Technical High School
1978: Apprenticed to the late ceramist Goro Kawamoto in Seto, Aichi
1983: Started his own kiln in his hometown
1986: The first solo exhibition at Akasaka INUI Gallery, Tokyo
Since then, he has continued to promote his works mainly at his solo exhibitions.
1992: Started creating a new series of works using estampage (a technique of casting)
and held an solo exhibition in Paris
1995: moved his atelier to Tsuyazakimachi, Fukuoka
2011, 2012: Exhibited his works on “les journees de la ceramique” sponsored
by the city of Paris
At Gallery NAO MASAKI
2013: Furniture Exhibition by Artists
