Asia Week New York, in Partnership with Joan B Mirviss LTD, Presents Listening to Clay: The Artists, Curators, and Collectors Who Listen on Tuesday, July 26 at 5 p.m. EST
New York: Asia Week New York–in partnership with Joan B Mirviss LTD–will celebrate the publication of Listening to Clay: Conversations with Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Artists, which coincides with the gallery’s exhibition on view from July 19th to August 26th. To register for the webinar, held on Tuesday, July 26 at 5:00 p.m. (EST), click: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MjK_jGV9SSmX3TGrg2AJkwModerated by Joan B. Mirviss, the authors, Alice and Halsey North and Louise Allison Cort, will have an in-depth discussion about their personal relationships with the sixteen artists that formed the basis of their 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 these artists in conversation with their Western counterparts. Koike Shōko (b. 1943) Narrow-footed pleated shell-shaped covered vessel 2013 Glazed stoneware 14 1/4 x 14 in.The exhibition features clay works by all sixteen artists in the book, most of whom are represented by Joan B Mirviss LTD, who has witnessed their impressive artistic development over the decades. Accompanied by the rich personal stories found within the book, the pieces offered in the exhibition represent these artists’ innovative brilliance and encapsulate the diversity of ceramics in Japan today. The artists include Hayashi Yasuo (b. 1928), Mishima Kimiyo (b. 1932), Morino Hiroaki Taimei (b. 1934), Kohyama Yasuhisa (b. 1936), Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012), Miwa Ryūkishō (Kyūsetsu XII/ Ryōsaku) (b. 1940), Koike Shōko (b. 1943), Ogawa Machiko (b. 1946), Fukami Sueharu (b. 1947), Kakurezaki Ryūichi (b. 1950), Miwa Kyūsetsu XIII (Kazuhiko) (b. 1951), Akiyama Yō (b. 1953), Kaneta