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Takahiro Kondo
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP is pleased to present Takahiro Kondo's solo exhibition "Condensation," starting October 8 (Sat).
Takahiro Kondo was born in 1958 in Kyoto. He has a unique background being raised by his grandfather, Yuzo Kondo, recognized as a Living National Treasure in the craft of sometsuke ceramic decoration, and his father and ceramic artist, Hiroshi Kondo, and becoming part of the Japanese national team as a table tennis player. He began pursuing ceramics at the age of 25, received the Kyoto City Art Newcomer Award in 1994, and completed a master’s course at Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland.
Kondo began his career creating traditional sometsuke works but later introduced new media such as metal and cast glass, establishing a unique form of artistic expression. In 1993, he created his original and patended technique "Silver Mist" (gintekisai), in which a mixture of platinum, gold, silver, and glass is crystallized in granular form on ceramic. This technique, which gives the porcelain a delicate shimmer and varied appearances due to the drops on the surfaces, is based on the concept of creating water from fire, using clay as its medium.
This exhibition focuses on "Silver Mist" (gintekisai), and will showcase over a dozen works, both old and new, including "Reduction" and "Wave," which dealt with the theme of water. The seated figure of "Reduction" was created in response to the impact of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, and is part of the collection of five museums, such as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Guimet Museum, Paris. A new work on display will be an attempt at recreating a tomb guardian beast originally made with three-color (sancai) glazing, by creating a mold of it to produce a Silver Mist work with the cooperation of Luoyang Museum, China.
Takahiro Kondo was born in 1958 in Kyoto. He has a unique background being raised by his grandfather, Yuzo Kondo, recognized as a Living National Treasure in the craft of sometsuke ceramic decoration, and his father and ceramic artist, Hiroshi Kondo, and becoming part of the Japanese national team as a table tennis player. He began pursuing ceramics at the age of 25, received the Kyoto City Art Newcomer Award in 1994, and completed a master’s course at Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland.
Kondo began his career creating traditional sometsuke works but later introduced new media such as metal and cast glass, establishing a unique form of artistic expression. In 1993, he created his original and patended technique "Silver Mist" (gintekisai), in which a mixture of platinum, gold, silver, and glass is crystallized in granular form on ceramic. This technique, which gives the porcelain a delicate shimmer and varied appearances due to the drops on the surfaces, is based on the concept of creating water from fire, using clay as its medium.
This exhibition focuses on "Silver Mist" (gintekisai), and will showcase over a dozen works, both old and new, including "Reduction" and "Wave," which dealt with the theme of water. The seated figure of "Reduction" was created in response to the impact of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, and is part of the collection of five museums, such as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Guimet Museum, Paris. A new work on display will be an attempt at recreating a tomb guardian beast originally made with three-color (sancai) glazing, by creating a mold of it to produce a Silver Mist work with the cooperation of Luoyang Museum, China.
Schedule | Oct 8 (Sat) 2022-Nov 12 (Sat) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | https://www.tokyo-gallery.com/en/exhibitions/4223.html | ||||||
| Venue | Tokyo Gallery + BTAP http://www.tokyo-gallery.com/ | ||||||
| Location | 7F, 8-10-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 | ||||||
| Access | 4 minute walk from the Ginza exit of JR Shimbashi Station. 5 minute walk from exit A3 at Ginza Station on the Ginza, Hibiya and Marunouchi lines. 5 minute walk from exit 5 at Shiodome Station on the Toei Oedo or Yurikamome line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-3571-1808 | ||||||
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