Fukumoto Fuku (b. 1973), Tsukikage (Moonlight), 2012. Set of three blue and teal glazed porcelain bowls stacked unevenly and glazed fused. 5 x 11 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (12.5 x 29 cm). Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Photo: Mike Lundgren; Courtesy of Phoenix Art Museum.Fujikasa Satoko (b. 1980), Seraphim, 2016. Stoneware with white slip. 25 ½ x 24 x 17 5/8 in. (64.6 x 60.5 x 44.8 cm). Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Photo: Richard Goodbody; Courtesy of Joan B. Mirviss LTD.Matsuda Yuriko (b. 1943), In Her Shoes, 3, 2008. Porcelain and polychrome enamel glazes and gold decoration. 6.5 x 10 x 3 in. (18 x 23 x 10.5 cm). Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Courtesy of Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.Katsumata Chieko (b. 1950), Untitled, 2009. Stoneware with orange and green glazes. 13 ¾ x 15 x 15 in. Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Photo: Ben Bocko.Tokuda Yasokichi IV (b. 1961), Mizuho (Young Rice Shoot), 2014. Porcelain with saiyu yellow and green color glaze gradation. 9 ½ x 9 ¾ in (23.5 x 24.5 cm). Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Courtesy of Onishi Gallery.
Women have traditionally played only a minor role in Japan’s long history in clay. This exhibition features a selection of works by living emerging and internationally established Japanese women ceramic artists. Pioneering new forms and technical and aesthetic innovations in the medium, these remarkable artists are breaking barriers and forging new ways of creating and thinking about ceramics that reflect changes occurring in contemporary Japanese art and society. The works express the influence of nature, innovations in ceramic making techniques, and a diverse array of practices.
This exhibition draws from the collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz, who have amassed an important encyclopedic collection of major Japanese modern and contemporary ceramics. Their collection of over 1,000 works is the largest, public or private, of contemporary Japanese ceramics outside of Japan.
