{"title":"Shigemori Yoko 重森 陽子","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"419\" data-start=\"75\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"93\" data-start=\"75\"\u003eShigemori Yoko\u003c\/strong\u003e (1953–2021) was born in Kagoshima and later moved to Kyoto to study painting at Kyoto Tankidai Art College before turning to ceramics at Kyoto Municipal Art University. She trained in traditional pottery techniques under Kondo Yutaka and continued in advanced courses with avant-garde master Yagi Kazuo, graduating in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"941\" data-start=\"421\"\u003eHer first solo exhibitions were held while still a student at Gallery Iteza in Kyoto. Choosing the intimacy of private galleries over competitive exhibitions, Shigemori built an expansive and influential career. 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Her work is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"941\" data-start=\"421\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShigemori Yoko EXHIBITION \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/heyzine.com\/flip-book\/d84fceb75d.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDigital Catalog\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn EXHIBITION that also displayed her works \"Kaika\"\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/heyzine.com\/flip-book\/354189b392.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/heyzine.com\/flip-book\/fa6c813774.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDigital Catalog\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"black-glazed-chawan-tea-bowl-ー重森-陽子-黒釉-茶碗","title":"Black Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl ー重森 陽子 “黒釉 茶碗”","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn austere black chawan with a slight of raw black clay at the rim by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a signed wooden box titled Kuroyu Chawan.  As there are no straight lines in nature, there are no straight lined in the work of this artist, here the bowl is set slightly off center on the foot, just enough out of symmetric to match the asymmetrical balance of a Japanese tea room.  It is 14 cm (5-1\/2 inches) diameter and comes enclosed in a wooden box signed by her brother Naoki.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima. 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