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Kondo Takahiro
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Kansui Park AreaRakusuitei Museum of Art
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Kondo made his entry into the world of pottery when he was 25. He is known for his original “silver mist” glaze, which gives the appearance of shimmering water drops. Kondo studied glasswork in Scotland, and many of his works combine porcelain and glass. The 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in northeast Japan caused Kondo to reflect on the hubris of attempting to control nature within the artistic process. In 2012, he began firing meditative figures cast from his body. These figures commemorate the dead just as they reflect the living. In recent years, Kondo has revisited vessels—the origin of all ceramic art—and begun making large jars in white porcelain. Kondo thinks of both his meditative human figures and jars as “vessels.” Both are entities that consist of an interior and exterior, are capable of holding water, and are defined by chance.
About the Artist
b. 1958 in Kyoto Prefecture. Kondo graduated from the Kyoto City Industrial Research Institute in 1986. He received an MFA from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2003. His solo exhibitions include Surging Waves: A Special Exhibition in Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (Izura Institute of Art & Culture, Ibaraki University, 2021), Making Waves (Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, New York, 2022), and Condensation (Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo, 2022). His works are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
[On exhibit] “Reduction—Wave,” 2017, marbleized porcelain with silver mist glaze. Collection of the artist. Photo: Sylvain Deleu, courtesy of Adrian Sassoon
[On exhibit] “Large White Porcelain Jar,” 2019, porcelain with clear glaze. Collection of the artist. Photo: Yoshioka Ryo
[Past work]“Reduction,” 2014, Tohoku clay. Collection of the artist. Photo: Tomas Svab
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Kondo Takahiro
主催｜認定NPO法人趣都金澤、独立行政法人日本芸術文化振興会、文化庁
共催｜富山県、富山市、（公財）富山県文化振興財団
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Kondo made his entry into the world of pottery when he was 25. He is known for his original “silver mist” glaze, which gives the appearance of shimmering water drops. Kondo studied glasswork in Scotland, and many of his works combine porcelain and glass. The 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in northeast Japan caused Kondo to reflect on the hubris of attempting to control nature within the artistic process. In 2012, he began firing meditative figures cast from his body. These figures commemorate the dead just as they reflect the living. In recent years, Kondo has revisited vessels—the origin of all ceramic art—and begun making large jars in white porcelain. Kondo thinks of both his meditative human figures and jars as “vessels.” Both are entities that consist of an interior and exterior, are capable of holding water, and are defined by chance.
[On exhibit] “Reduction—Wave,” 2017, marbleized porcelain with silver mist glaze. Collection of the artist. Photo: Sylvain Deleu, courtesy of Adrian Sassoon
About the Artist
b. 1958 in Kyoto Prefecture. Kondo graduated from the Kyoto City Industrial Research Institute in 1986. He received an MFA from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2003. His solo exhibitions include Surging Waves: A Special Exhibition in Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (Izura Institute of Art & Culture, Ibaraki University, 2021), Making Waves (Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, New York, 2022), and Condensation (Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo, 2022). His works are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
[On exhibit] “Large White Porcelain Jar,” 2019, porcelain with clear glaze. Collection of the artist. Photo: Yoshioka Ryo
[Past work]“Reduction,” 2014, Tohoku clay. Collection of the artist. Photo: Tomas Svab
