Utsuwa Katachi: Japanese Ceramics men Since the 1950s

Since the 1950s

This publication gathers together interviews with international artists

photographer Samuel Zeller captures the strange beauty of exotic plants seen through the dappled glass of greenhouses

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including Tom Sachs

Utsuwa Katachi: Japanese Ceramics men Since the 1950sIf you align your two little fingers and cup your hands together, you make the basic shape of an Utsuwa. The art of Japanese pottery making culminates here. The word means container or vessel, but if you focus too much on just the word, you might miss something. Behind, lies a range of cultural associations such as humility, gratitude and open heartedness, which the ceramic producers transfer to the distinctive forms of their work. One wonders no more