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Branching Out at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York

June 15, 2022
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Branching Out at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, 2022
KANESHIGE KŌSUKE
KANESHIGE TŌYŌ
KANESHIGE TŌYŌ
KANESHIGE MICHIAKI
KANESHIGE YŪHŌ
KANESHIGE SOZAN
MIWA EIZŌ
MIWA KYŪWA (MIWA KYŪSETSU X)
MIWA KYŪSETSU XIII (KAZUHIKO)
MIWA KYŪSETSU XIII (KAZUHIKO)
MIWA KYŪSETSU XI (JUSETSU)
MIWA RYŪKISHŌ (MIWA KYŪSETSU XII/MIWA RYŌSAKU)

Branching Out is on view at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York

Miwa Family and the Hagi Tradition / Kaneshige Family and the Bizen Tradition

May 19 – June 30, 2022

The widespread popularity and distinguished reputations that Japan’s ancient ceramic traditions enjoy today are largely indebted to a core group of mid-twentieth century artistic visionaries: among them, Kaneshige Tōyō (1896-1967) for Bizen ware and Miwa Kyūwa (1895-1981) for Hagi ware. Both men were inheritors to their highly esteemed, long-established, multi generational family names that had been associated with excellence in their respective ceramic traditions for centuries. Together with scholar-potter Kawakita Handeishi (1878-1963), they co founded the artistic discussion group Karahinekai in 1942, formed of artists who were dedicated to the recovery of lost techniques from the golden age of ceramics during the 16th century.

With a focus on teaware and vessels, they were wildly successful in their endeavors. Adapting their production, greatly expanding their styles, and influencing their brothers, sons, and grandchildren, they definitively transformed their family’s legacy from that of dutiful craftsmen to boldly modern artists. Joan B Mirviss LTD’s latest exhibition celebrates the past, present, and future of these two prominent families synonymous with excellence in BRANCHING OUT.

Named after the main city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, “Hagi” refers to a ceramic tradition that emphasizes the exquisitely lovely natural qualities arising from a very special interaction between unique clay and a soft, transparent yet creamy glaze.

The Miwa family’s association with Hagi ware dates to its origins in 1600s Japan, when the very first Miwa Kyūsetsu served as potter under the patronage of the local daimyo. Even older is the thousand-year-old “Bizen” tradition, one of the six ancient kilns of Japan centered around Imbe village (or Bizen) in Okayama Prefecture. The Kaneshige family has long been tied to the place of Bizen and to producing this distinctive wood-fired ware.
Though they appear different, both Hagi and Bizen styles’ merits lie in the alchemy of subtleties: of precise clay blends, unexpected textures, and marvelous color transformations. Hagi ware’swarm, orange clay body peeks through a ladled transparent glaze that incompletely covers the surface in a white or pink-ish white veil, with no additional underpainting or decoration. Characterized by a reddish-brown body that can at times turn a slate or bluish-gray, Bizen ware utilizes no applied glaze at all. Fired just once over a very long time, ranging from one week to one month, Bizen ware’s enchanting surface patterning and texture result entirely from natural effects occurring within the kiln.

This exhibition traces that time-honored legacy, of earth plus fire, down to the most recent generations of the Kaneshige and Miwa families: Kaneshige Tōyō, the savior of Bizen ware in the modern era; Miwa Kyūwa (Kyūsetsu X), his fellow Living National Treasure and modernizer of Hagi ware; and their brothers, Kaneshige Sozan (1909-1995) and Miwa Kyūsetsu XI (Jusetsu) (1910-2012), whose contributions advanced their fields and who each developed an identity apart from their famous brothers.

Their children have in turn blossomed on this crowded, complicated family tree: the three sons of Miwa Kyūsetsu XI—Kyūsetsu XII (Ryōsaku) (b. 1940), Eizo (1946-1999), and Kyūsetsu XIII (Kazuhiko) (b.1951)—each discovered thought-provoking and experimental new approaches to their patrimony, ranging from playful and erotic to architectural or figurative. Kyūsetsu XII’s daughter, Miwa Hanako (b. 1958), brings her unique sensibility to the family tradition. Kaneshige Tōyō’s first and third sons, Michiaki (1934-1995) and Kōsuke (b. 1943), have continued to push Bizen’s boundaries, through greater abstraction and provocative sculptures. Kaneshige Sozan’s first and third sons, Makoto (b. 1945) and Yūhō (b. 1950), have further elaborated the Bizen tradition in teaware, creating extraordinary vessels with hidasuki (fire-cording) effects that were ingeniously recovered by their father.

Each artist featured here has taken foundational aspects of their family’s style and made his individual imprint on centuries-old tradition, thereby pushing its boundaries both outward and forward. Our exhibition covers the range of interpretations that have moved these ancient traditions into contemporary clay art.

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Joan B Mirviss LTD
39 East 78th Street Suite 401
New York, NY 10075
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Photos courtesy of Joan B Mirviss LTD

Photo captions

  • KANESHIGE KŌSUKE (b. 1943), Bizen Kaki Seii; Bizen sculptural draped vessel titled, “Sacred Robe”, ca. 2005, Unglazed stoneware, 13 3/8 x 16 x 16 1/8 in
  • KANESHIGE TŌYŌ (1896-1967), Bizen rectangular vessel with tear-drop shaped perforations, ca. 1953, Unglazed stoneware, 2 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.
  • KANESHIGE TŌYŌ (1896-1967), Bizen kutsu chawan; Bizen clog-shape teabowl, ca. 1965, Unglazed stoneware, 2 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
  • KANESHIGE MICHIAKI (1934-1995), Bizen vase in the shape of a kinuta (wooden block for beating cloth) with sloped neck and kiln effect, late 1970s, Unglazed stoneware, 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.
  • KANESHIGE YŪHŌ (b. 1950), Bizen eared columnar vase with slightly raised neck, circular patterning and incised band at foot, ca. 2000, Unglazed stoneware, 10 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.
  • KANESHIGE SOZAN (1909-1995), Bizen ribbed, double-eared vessel with raised, flared mouth and extensive kiln effects, ca. 1980, Unglazed stoneware, 10 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.
  • MIWA EIZŌ (1946-1999), White Hagi-glazed square vase with carved unglazed lozenges, ca. 1989, Glazed stoneware,9 3/8 x 5 x 5 1/8 in.
  • MIWA KYŪWA (MIWA KYŪSETSU X) (1895-1981), Broad shouldered, round, pinkish Hagi-glazed mizusashi (waterjar) with unglazed, roundedbase and matching cover with loop knob, ca. 1970, Glazed stoneware, 7 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.
  • MIWA KYŪSETSU XIII (KAZUHIKO) (b. 1951), White Hagi-glazed sculptural teabowl titled, “El Capitan”, 2021, Glazed stoneware, 5 x 6 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.
  • MIWA KYŪSETSU XIII (KAZUHIKO) (b. 1951), White and pink Hagi two-part covered vessel titled, “White Dream”, ca. 1991, Glazed stoneware, 13 3/8 x 12 x 11 3/8 in.
  • MIWA KYŪSETSU XI (JUSETSU) (1910-2012), Raised chawan (teabowl) with warikōdai (split-cross foot) unevenly applied thick, whiteHagi glaze, Glazed stoneware, 4 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.
  • MIWA RYŪKISHŌ (MIWA KYŪSETSU XII/MIWA RYŌSAKU) (b. 1940), White Hagi-glazed sculpture of a long-haired woman with clasped hands and a vase atop herhead, ca. 2002, Glazed stoneware, 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.
Tags: Japanese ceramicsJoan B MirvissJoan B Mirviss LTDKaneshige SozanKaneshige TōyōMiwa HanakoMiwa KyūwaNew York

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