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Living Kogei: Contemporary Japanese Craft from the Ise Collection

by Ben Chiesa
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789881902580
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Hku Museum and Art Gallery
  • Publisher Imprint: Hku Museum and Art Gallery
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 100
  • Original Price: GBP 22.4
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Bilingual
  • Item Weight: 681 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General

The modern Japanese term for artisan crafts, kogei (pronounced 'ko-gay') refers to a form of highly skilled artistic expression associated with specific regions and craftsmen in Japan. Kogei works typically include ceramics, textiles, lacquer, metal, glass and wood, and have at their core a concern for fine craftsmanship and the inherent qualities of the materials. Informed by centuries of tradition, these crafts have been revitalised and expanded in recent years, with emerging avant-garde tendencies in fields such as bamboo sculpture and studio glass competing with established practices and values that are deeply embedded in Japanese culture. Drawn from the diverse collections of the Ise Foundation, Living Kogei highlights over sixty works by prominent and emerging contemporary Japanese artists--including Living National Treasures whose skills have been recognised by the Japanese government. Ranging from rustic ceramics with asymmetrical forms, to abstract glass with elegant silhouettes and sensuous colours, each work demonstrates how contemporary artisans revere and carry on the long tradition of Japanese craft, while at the same time departing from convention in search of the new.,,,,, : -- --,,,

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