ZOOM Gallery Talk
Listening to Clay: The Artists, Curators, and Collectors Who Listen
An event in partnership with Asia Week New York
Recorded on July 26, 2022
To celebrate the publication of Listening to Clay: Conversations with Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Artists, and the accompanying gallery exhibition at Joan B Mirviss LTD, authors Alice and Halsey North and Louise Allison Cort discuss in depth their personal relationships with these sixteen artists that formed the basis for this book. From their perspective as collectors, they offer a behind-the-scenes look at these artists gleaned over many years and share valuable insights into the artworks by these men and women. They are joined by Metropolitan Museum of Art curator of Japanese decorative arts Monika Bincsik, who recounts the importance of the Norths’ gift to the Met Museum. In her recent reinstallation of the Great Hall Balcony, she re-contextualizes the work of artists in conversation with their Western counterparts.
PANELISTS:
MONIKA BINCSIK, Diane and Arthur Abbey Associate Curator for Japanese Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
LOUISE CORT, Curator Emerita of Ceramics, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
ALICE AND HALSEY NORTH, Japanese clay art collectors and museum patrons
Moderated by JOAN MIRVISS