ピーター・ハーモンさんが柿傳ギャラリーにおいて個展を開かれることを大変嬉しく思っております。

ピーター・ハーモンさんとは父・十三代の代からの長いお付き合いになります。

人懐っこいお人柄で研究熱心。聞くところによると、日本に来られ四十年ほど。丹波篠山の自然に魅了され、古民家を改築され、陶芸を愛し、茶道を愛し、我々よりも日本の伝統を深く愛し、そして現代に挑んでおられます。

作品は、シャープな形の中にもお人柄を感じるような優しい風合いが魅力です。

そして、日本における「用」の美しさや「使う」ということを大切にされる認識は深く重く、現代社会に忘れられている日本の本来の姿勢を想起させてくれます。

今回の展覧会で、ピーター・ハーモンさんの自然や伝統に向き合う感性に出会えることを今から楽しみにしています。

十四代今泉 今右衛門

I was very glad when I heard that Peter Hamann will be holding a solo exhibition of his work at the Kakiden Gallery.

Peter has had close contact with the Imaemon family for many years starting with my father, Imaizumi Imaemon XIII.

He has a very amiable personality and is enthusiastic in studying his art.

I understand that it has been nearly 40 years since he first came to Japan.

He fell in love with the natural beauty of Tamba Sasayama, where he has renovated an old Japanese house.

He loves ceramics and the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and deeply loves Japanese traditions even more than we Japanese do.

He still continues to challenge himself in his work today.

His work features very sharp forms that also charm the viewer with a sense of his congenial personality.

What is more,  Peter has a deep and reverent consciousness of functional beauty as part of Japanese culture and the importance of utility, and by doing so reminds us a traditional attitude that is forgotten in modern Japan.

I am looking forward to experiencing the sensitivities he expresses in his work as he confronts nature and tradition.

Imaizumi Imaemon XIV