A visually striking color combination featured in the finest art across Asia for centuries, blue and white can be found effectively paired in all types of Japanese art. It is their renowned ceramics that have been the most prominent medium to explore dynamic expressions in blue and/or white, from traditional styles to innovative contemporary forms.
For Asia Week New York 2024, Joan B Mirviss LTD will showcase the enduring legacy of this timeless aesthetic in Japanese modern and contemporary clay. This exploration will be through the lens of the esteemed Kyoto-based Kondō family, distinguished masters of sometsuke (cobalt blue and white porcelain) whose lineage includes Living National Treasure Kondō Yūzō (1902-1985). Across multiple generations, their mastery of sometsuke culminates in the work of our celebrated gallery artist, Kondō Takahiro (b. 1958), who broke free of his forefathers’ traditional focus. For this exhibition, he has created a new series titled, “Clear Water.” Combined with his patented gintekisai “silver mist” overglaze, these works by Kondō Takahiro point the way forward to what this enduring marriage of blue and white can look like in the twenty-first century.
With introduction by Joan Mirviss and essay by Becky MacGuire
98 pages; full-color, with artist biographies, and select bibliography
A digital version of this catalogue is available here.
Price: $ 20 USD plus international shipping if applicable. Contact director@mirviss.com to purchase.
