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Advanced Mission Towards a Kyoto Kogei World: The Kyoto Kogei Association's Journey to Realize a New Kogei World

Hulic Hall Kyoto

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Artists

Masayuki Imai, Akira Murayama, Noboru Hata et al.

This exhibition of works by 50 internationally active members of the Kyoto Kogei Association includes the ceramic artist Masayuki Imai, one of the leading artists in the world of contemporary Japanese kogei (craft art) and recipient of the Japanese Order of Culture Medal, as well as wood artist and Living National Treasure of Japan, Akira Murayama. You can experience the handmade artistic beauty of these contemporary kogei artists, who work in dyeing and weaving, ceramics, urushi (lacquer), metal, dollmaking, glass, wood, and other areas. Viewers can also enjoy parent-child workshops and gallery talks about the artists’ creative activities and interesting episodes, providing a wonderful opportunity to interact directly with the artists. The kogei works of art in the exhibition are for sale through an online shop. The exhibition space is in Hulic Hall Kyoto, a stylishly renovated section of the former Rissei Elementary School.

Schedule

Nov 17 (Thu) 2022-Nov 20 (Sun) 2022