TAB Event - Okinari Kurokawa "Ring Ring Ring"

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At Gallery Deux Poissons
Media: Product, Crafts, Art Party

After graduating from Musashino Art University Crafts & Industrial Design Department in 1971, Okinari Kurokawa (1946-) first worked at the Iwakura Precision Casting Institute and then studied abroad at Pforzheim University of Design in West Germany, concentrating on jewelry production. While Kurokawa initially majored in industrial design, he cultivated his interest toward accessories in the process of switching his direction to craft making, in which he could engage himself fully as well as reflect his own thoughts and ideas directly. In Germany, he not only acquired traditional jewelry manufacturing method but also gained on-the-spot experience of contemporary jewelry making, which decided his later career as a leading contemporary jewelry designer in Japan. Now based in Kofu, Kurokawa teaches at a school to foster young jewelry artists, while also working on his own projects.
Kurokawa understands jewelry as "sculpture to be worn", always exploring forms of his work from two different angles: if the form stands on its own; and how it looks when involved with human body. Additionally, with his exceptionally profound knowledge in metal materials, Kurokawa keeps cultivating his originality by skillfully combining traditional and innovative techniques.
On view in this exhibition entitled "Ring Ring Ring" are over 50 rings. Rings are the items Kurokawa has put the best focus on, and thus his world is epitomized in them. Many of them have structures and textures not attainable by casting, widening possibilities of the genre. Rings with various modes, such as one with Japanese-paper-like soft texture and sculpture-like one built with the combination of geometric shapes, will be on display.

Reception Party: July 18th (Fri) 18:00-20:30

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