Glazed stoneware
5 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches
Inv# 6660
$ 3,850
Artist Bio
Yagi Kazuo was born in Kyoto in 1918. He was the eldest son of the ceramic artist Isso Yagi. After graduating from the sculpture section of the Kyoto Municipal Arts and Crafts School, he became a student at the Ceramic Laboratory in Kyoto. He joined the Clay Sculpture Association of Japan and was selected for the 2nd Nitten exhibition for the first time. In 1946 he took part in establishing the Young Ceramic Artists Group. In 1948, along with Suzuki Osamu and Yamada Hikaru, he established the avant-garde group Sodeisha as a vehicle for expanding the expressive possibilities of clay. He became the standard bearer for new art in postwar Japan.
Yagi Kazuo was the first artist to incorporate the black ware method into contemporary ceramic art. He called this new work “object ware”. Black ware is made by burnishing the surface of the clay form and firing it at a low temperature in a smoky atmosphere to allow it to absorb carbon. Despite the limitations of the medium, he was attracted to black ware because it was possible to retain the original tactile quality of the clay and emphasize the materiality of his art.
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1918 Born in Kyoto
1937 Graduated from Sculpture course, Kyoto Arts and Crafts school
1948 Founded an avant-garde young ceramists group called Sôdeisha
1959 Won Gold medal, the second International Ceramic Competition, Ostend, Belgium
Selected Group Shows:
1950 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951 Florence Ceramics Museum, Italy
1963 Invited to Contemporary Japan Ceramics Exhibition, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
1965 Invited to Contemporary Japan Arts Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Public Collections:
Florence Ceramic Museum, Italy
Kyoto National Museum of Art, Japan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Rockefeller Foundation
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
References:
Christine Shimizu, Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Editions de la rèunion des musèes nationaux, Paris, 2006
Publications:
Shirasu Masako and Yagi Kazuo, Nihon no yakimono7 - Shigaraki Iga, Tankô sha, Japan, 1964
Yagi Kazuo, Nihon no mon-yô, fûgetsu, Tankô sha, Japan, 1969
Yagi Kazuo and Narahara Ikkô, Yagi Kazuo sakuhin shû, Kyû-ryû dô, Japan, 1969
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