Iguchi Daisuke
Multi-toned vessel with sloped sides, foliate mouth and silver leaf patterns
2017
Ash-coated stoneware with metal oxide coating and silver slip
11 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Inv# 10370
SOLD
Iguchi Daisuke
Ash-coated Bowl with Color and Silver-slip
2017
10 1/8 x 15 1/2 x 11 in.
Inv# 10310
SOLD
Ash-coated Vessel with Silver-slip
2017
10 1/4 x 13 x 11 in.
Inv# 10307
SOLD
Iguchi Daisuke (b. 1975)
Lobed tsubo (vessel) with flared neck, tapered foot, and striated pattern in silver
2017
Stoneware with ash and silver glazes
18 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/8"
Inv# 10305
SOLD
Iguchi Daisuke (b. 1975)
Organic lobed vessel with large mouth, tapered foot and silver meander pattern
2017
Stoneware with ash and silver glazes
15 1/2 x 13 x 10 7/8"
SOLD
Iguchi Daisuke
Multi-toned round vessel with silver slip
2017
Ash-coated stoneware with metal oxide coating and silver slip
Inv# 10371
SOLD
Iguchi Daisuke
Two tone bowl with silver striation pattern
2017
Ash-coated stoneware with silver slip
5 x 9 1/2 x 7 in.
Inv# 10372
SOLD
Iguchi Daisuke
Silver glazed incense burner with black flaring mouth
2017
Ash-coated stoneware with silver slip
5 3/4 x 7 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.
Inv# 10311
SOLD
Iguchi Daisuke
Silver glazed bowl with flaring mouth
2017
4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 in.
Inv# 10312
SOLD
JOAN B MIRVISS LTD is excited to present Depth of Time: The Clay Art of Iguchi Daisuke. First introduced to the gallery five years ago by two prominent Japanese curators as the leading young talent in northern Japan, Iguchi Daisuke’s career trajectory has been exceptional. Specifically selected for this show, his first outside Japan, this stunning body of work will be on view to the public from March 12th onwards in conjunction with Three Giants of North Japan: Kamoda Shoji, Matsui Kosei and Wada Morihiro, also at Joan B Mirviss LTD, as part of Asia Week in New York City. Those three celebrated masters worked in the same northern region, and it was Kamoda who most profoundly epitomizes the best 20th century Japanese clay art. This substantial mantle of creativity is now carried by the young Iguchi Daisuke from nearby Mooka, the town adjacent to Mashiko.
Iguchi’s works are noted for their modern and elegant forms and their seemingly soft exterior surfaces. Using his highly unique process, he applies, after an initial low-temperature bisque firing, a classic ash glaze made from dried rice husks and then re-fires at full temperature. When cooled, he sands the surface of each vessel with a special wire brush to bring about a slightly textured surface with a tarnished or oxidized appearance. Then, using extremely thin strips of tape, he creates decorative geometric patterning with an application of silver-slip glaze, firing again at a lower temperature. Finally, he polishes the surface to bring out his desired effect. Due to technical variations in his firing times, clay color and the degree of oxidation during the final firing, the seductive surfaces of these powerfully elegant vessels also fluctuate, organically uniting form with surface. Evocative of ancient forms and patterns, these vessels have been said to exude a near magical force.
Iguchi Daisuki was born in 1975 in Tochigi, Japan and graduated from nearby Tohoku University of Art and Design with a degree in ceramics. After graduation, he studied further with Uraguchi Masayuki. Since becoming independent in 2004, he has exhibited in numerous group and solo shows throughout Japan. In 2008, Iguchi won the Judge’s Special Prize at the Mashiko Togeiten. In 2014, he also won the Governor of Tokyo Prize in the 54th Eastern Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts Exhibition. Already Iguchi’s works have been acquired for the permanent collections of the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art and the Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum.
ABOUT JOAN B MIRVISS LTD
Joan B. Mirviss has been a distinguished expert in Japanese art specializing in prints, paintings, screens and ceramics for forty years. She is the leading Western dealer in the field of modern and contemporary Japanese ceramics, and from her New York gallery on Madison Avenue, JOAN B MIRVISS LTD exclusively represents most of today’s top Japanese clay artists. As a distinguished, widely published, and highly respected specialist in her field, Mirviss has advised and built collections for many museums, major private collectors, and corporations. For further information or images, please call 212-799-4021 or email director@mirviss.com.
