You Akiyama + Junko Kitamura Exhibition
Created by You Akiyama + Junko Kitamura
Untitled JY-1
[Sold] 735,000 yen
(H)22cm×(W)40.5cm×(D)31.5cm
Photo by Takashi Hatakeyama
| Exhibition period Schedule |
August 31, 2013 (Sat) – September 8 (Sun) August 31 - September 8, 2013 |
| Gallery opening hours Opening Hours | Open from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM (until 5:00 PM on the last day). Open every day during the exhibition period. |
| Introduction Introduction |
You Akiyama is one of the most outstanding ceramic artists in contemporary Japan, meticulously dedicated to creating forms that are born from clay and fire. While he has often tackled large-scale works in the past, this time, in a joint exhibition with his wife at the Kakiden Gallery, he is exhibiting works that are not only objects but also function as vessels that can hold flowers. Haruzo Hayashiya |
| Biography Biography | □ You Akiyama Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1953. 1978: Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Department of Ceramics. 1986, Saturday: Image and Form (Seibu Hall) 1987: Contemporary Art "Earth and Fire" (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art) 1990 (Heisei 2): A Game of Manners (Mito Art Museum) 1991: The Changing World of Ceramics (Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Art Park) 1994: The Domain of Materials (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) 1997 Japan Ceramic Society Award 2001: Elite Artists of Contemporary Ceramics (Ibaraki Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum) 2004 Olympic International Ceramics Exhibition (Greece) 2005: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics Exhibition (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 2007: Things Born from the Earth (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery) 2008 Kyoto Art and Culture Award 2009 World Contemporary Ceramic (Icheon, South Korea) 2010 MOA Mokichi Okada Award 2011 Mainichi Art Award 2012: Son et Lumière: Material Transfer, Time (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa) ○ Public Collection 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum / The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramics and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston □ Junko Kitamura Born in Kyoto in 1956. 1982: Completed graduate studies in fine arts at Kyoto City University of Arts. 1987 Solo exhibition at Minami Aoyama Green Gallery (1989, 1992) 1992 (Heisei 4): Solo exhibition at Garth Clark Gallery (New York, 1992, 1995, 1998) Contemporary Kyoto Art Exhibition (Kyoto Museum of Culture) 1997 World Triennale Ceramics Small Works Exhibition (Zagreb) 1998: Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics (Rias Ark Museum of Art) 2002: Selection Exhibition of Emerging Artists (Kyoto City Museum of Art) 100 Years of Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Contemporary Ceramics) 2004: "Forms that Shape Contemporary Japanese Ceramics" (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramics) 2005: Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 2006: The Finest of 100 Years of Japanese Ceramics (Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramics) One Hundred Years of Modern Crafts (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) 2007: Enchanted – "Japanese Ceramics Currently Attracting Attention" (Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum) 2009: Perspectives on Contemporary Crafts: "The Power of Decoration" (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by women Artists(Smith College Museum of Art) ○ Public Collection The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramics Ibaraki Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum |
| Artist in the gallery day Date Artist in Gallery | August 31st (Sat), September 1st (Sun), 7th (Sat), 8th (Sun) |
| Main exhibited works Main Exhibited Works |
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No.1
| Author name | Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Vessel 13-D |
| price | 630,000 yen |
| size | W42.5×D42.5×H21.0(㎝) |
No.2
| Author name | You Akiyama |
| Work name | Untitled MV-132 |
| price | 945,000 yen |
| size | W48.0×D46.0×H27.0(㎝) |
No.3
| Author name | Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Vessel 13－C |
| price | 420,000 yen |
| size | W36.5×D36.5×H7.3(㎝) |
No.4
| Author name | You Akiyama |
| Work name | Untitled MV-131 |
| price | 945,000 yen |
| size | W56.0×D33.5×H23.5(㎝) |
No.6
| Author name | Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Vessel 13-L |
| price | 577,500 yen |
| size | W22.8×D22.8×H53.0(㎝) |
No.7
| Author name | Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Vessel 13-T |
| price | [Sold] 420,000 yen |
| size | W30.0×D30.0×H17.0(㎝) |
No.8
| Author name | Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Vessel 13-K |
| price | 262,500 yen |
| size | W31.7×D31.7×H14.1(㎝) |
No.9
| Author name | Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Vessel 13-R |
| price | (Each) 31,500 yen |
| size | W8.0×D8.0×H8.0(㎝) |
No.10
| Author name | Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Vessel 13-S |
| price | 315,000 yen |
| size | W29.0×D29.0×H21.5(㎝) |
No.11
| Author name | You Akiyama + Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Untitled JY-7 |
| price | [Sold] 315,000 yen |
| size | W33.0×D21.0×H19.0(㎝) |
No.12
| Author name | You Akiyama + Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Untitled JY-3 |
| price | 283,500 yen |
| size | W29.0×D24.0×H24.0(㎝) |
No.13
| Author name | You Akiyama |
| Work name | Untitled MV-134 |
| price | 420,000 yen |
| size | W27.0×D28.5×H18.0(㎝) |
No.14
| Author name | You Akiyama + Junko Kitamura |
| Work name | Untitled JY-5 |
| price | [Sold] 189,000 yen |
| size | W18.0×D17.0×H27.0(㎝) |
No.15
| Author name | You Akiyama |
| Work name | bowl |
| price | [Sold] 231,000 yen |
| size | W13.2×D12.8×H9.5(㎝) |
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