Seibu Ikebukuro “Seibu Art on the 6th floor of Seibu Ikebukuro, which is popular as a space where you can enjoy the art by picking up and introducing the latest works by notable young artists who will lead the next generation, from famous items from national and international masters and popular artists・ "Forum" is holding "Generic folk song exhibition" from May 8th to 14th. This is a good opportunity for a enthusiastic writer to appreciate the excellent work of a longing writer at the department store.
Seibu Art Forum "Generation of Folk Songs"
The folk song movement saw the beauty in daily use miscellaneous gear developed by the thinkers and religious philosophers Soran Soichiro and the potters Koji Kawai, Kuwata Koji and Tomimoto Kenkichi at the end of the Taisho Era It was a movement to go out.
From this difference in directionality, Tomotomoto Kenkichi will move away from the folk song movement, but from this movement, popular craftsmen such as Yusuke Serizawa (type picture dyer) and Kuroda Tatsuaki (tree crafts) will become human national treasures. Was born.
At the “Generic folk song exhibition”, we introduce the works of the master craftsmen who first appeared in the Showa era, such as the artists who supported the beginning of the folk song movement and Tomotomo Bernard Leech who had deep relationships with them. You can touch the "beauty" of daily miscellaneous appliances.
Upcoming Artists: Kawai Kanjiro, Shibata Koji, Tomimoto Kenkichi, Shibazawa Keisuke, Kuroda Akiaki, Bernard Leach et al. ※ The exhibitors and works may be subject to change.
Yuji Kuwata "Ryukyu Koji red picture water droplets" Diameter 6.7 x height 7.5 cm co-box <br /> In Okinawa, where it was possible to travel to the mainland again from 1959, Kuwata resumed pottery 60 It seems to be a work of the late age. The sideways plant drawn in the center is a sugarcane pattern drawn by Shibata. By using Okinawan materials, the style of Kuwata is bright and airy, and such polygonal water droplets are very rare as an example.
Bernard Leach "Ebony Vase Vase" Diameter 15.7 × Height 28.2 cm Shared Box <br /> Leach, who came to Japan at the age of 22 as a painter, is interested in Japanese pottery, and has been in full swing since the age of 25 Start. Since then, while making a round trip between Japan and Britain, I have created a distinctive style that united East-West culture. This work seems to have been produced from the late 1960's to the 70's. By embossing a long S-shaped continuous pattern in the center of the cylindrical shape, the tension that worked on the entire work was felt. I am giving.
Kawai Hirojiro "Susumu Maruhana Picture Large Bowl" Diameter 39.5 × Height 11 cm Koi Koshini <br /> To participate and appreciate the most popular folk dance movement with Ms. Yanagi and Kushi Shibata A work created in 1935-1940, with emphasis on using it in daily life such as tableware and vases, not pottery. Recently, such large pots have become rare, but in the waxed circles, geometric and flowering texts are drawn with blue rose and red cinnabar.
Seibu Art Forum "Generation of Folk Songs"
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 to 14 (Tuesday)
Shobu Ikebukuro Main Store 1st Floor, 1-28-1 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo (Central B8)
Telephone 03-3981-0111 (Large Representative)
Business hours from 10:00 to 21:00 (Sun, holiday 20:00) ※ On the last day May 14 (Tuesday), only the venue will be closed from 6:00 pm The Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store official site
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Known as TAKE-G (Takei). Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Even after 40 years of living in Tokyo, Iizuka is still the heart. The writer's history, which originally began with fashion magazines, has also been counted for 30 years, and "Waiwa" for over 15 years. Everyday's self-catering is the only enjoyment (?), And loves the small storehouse made in the neighborhood.
