Feeling the Jazz Spirit – The Ceramic Art of Kumakura Junkichi and 21st Century Artists

The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park

[Image: Kumakura Junkichi (1981)]

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For avant-garde ceramic art, the postwar era was a time of energetic artists eagerly looking toward a new generation. Kumakura Junkichi was one of these artists; absorbing the spirit of his time in jazz music, art, and the warmth of handmade objects, he created a variety of works. This exhibition introduces the vessels and sculptural work of Kumakura Junkichi, who, in a time of high interest in craft design, was influenced greatly by the stimulation he found in the pottery town of Shigaraki as he sought to bring about a new era in ceramic art. Presented here also is the work of young contemporary artists who, exposed to Kumakura’s spirit, are reexamining the 21st century as they create their work.