kawai kanjiro
posted by Isabel Larrodé at 12:24 AM
Sunday, October 17, 2010
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■ Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966) was a diverse expressionist inspired by Korean pottery and British industrial arts in the mingei movement. A ceramicist, calligrapher, poet, essayist and sculptor, various styles of art identified him, but Kawai thought of himself as a scientist. Born in Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture, he enrolled in the ceramics department of Tokyo Technical High School, an institution where most students aimed to become engineers. His daughter Suyako recalls, “He did countless experiments on glaze and loved to imagine ‘cause and effect’.” In 1920, Kawai built a kiln in Kyoto and succeeded in producing acclaimed works in the manner of the gorgeous and fine art of old Chinese and Korean ceramics that he had been studying scientifically. Later, however, he would attend an exhibition on old Korean china curated by Yanagi Muneyoshi (1889-1961, also known as Yanagi Soetsu), an encounter that would change his artistic style and philosophy into one of simpler expression characteristic of mingei.
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