{"title":"加古 勝己","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"575\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e加古 勝己\u003c\/strong\u003eは1965年に京都で生まれ、1986年に嵯峨美術短期大学 陶芸科を卒業。1988年には日展、朝日陶芸展、京都市美術館で開催された京展に選出され、1989年には日本陶芸展、美濃国際陶芸展に入選。以来、これらの名だたる展覧会で何度も展示・入選・受賞しています。1991年には兵庫県西脇市に窯を築き、1994年にはオーストラリアのメルボルンで制作活動を行い、2001年には2番目の窯を築きました。2004年には田部美術館で開催された茶の湯の造形展 優秀賞で優秀賞を受賞。2005年には丹波篠山市 上筱見に現在の窯を築きました。2009年には菊池ビエンナーレ展に作品が展示され、翌年には現代茶陶展で奨励賞を受賞、2011年には影響力のあるパラミタ陶芸大賞展に選出されました。2013年にはニューヨーク、2014年には兵庫陶芸美術館（神戸）で展示された。ミネアポリス美術館などに作品が収蔵されています。\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"silver-glazed-bowl-ー加古-勝巳-銀彩-碗","title":"銀彩椀 ー加古 勝巳 「銀彩椀」","description":"加古勝美作の美しい銀土椀。「銀彩椀」と題されたオリジナルの署名入り木箱に収められています。サイズは13 x 11.5 x 9 cm（5-1\/4 x 4-1\/2 x 3-1\/2インチ）で、作家本人から直接譲り受けたため、完璧な状態です。\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \n加古勝茂は1965年京都生まれ。1986年嵯峨美術大学陶芸科卒業。1988年京都市美術館で開催された日展、朝日陶芸展、京展に入選。1989年には内陶芸展、美濃国際陶芸展に出品。以来、これらの権威ある展覧会に度々出品、入選・受賞。1991年西川に築窯。1994年オーストラリア・メルボルンで活動し、2001年に二号窯を築く。2004年田部美術館「現代茶の型」展にて優秀賞受賞。2005年兵庫県篠山市に現在の窯を築く。 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The form extends horizontally in a sinuous, undulating arc, its continuous curve rising and falling in measured intervals before turning upward at each end. Though open and linear, it possesses a quiet monumentality held in tension between movement and stillness. It is less an object than a presence. The surface remains unglazed, revealing the raw vitality of the clay. Broad passages of iron-rich red move in dialogue with exposed bands of pale, granular body, the two interweaving in a flowing, almost geological pattern that wraps the entire length of the form. This duality is not applied but inherent, emerging through the making and firing process, so that color and structure remain inseparable. The surface is richly tactile: pitted, fissured, and alive with small inclusions that register both the resistance of the material and the directness of the artist’s hand. Despite its apparent fluidity, the work carries a strong sense of construction. 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Rising with a grounded, architectural presence, the form is defined by a faceted, columnar body whose planar sides converge toward an irregular, softly undulating rim. The silhouette retains a quiet stability, yet resists strict geometry—its edges subtly shifting, its verticality animated by slight deviations that register the hand within the structure. The surface is articulated through a bold, interlocking field of carved motifs, where iron-rich red and ash-toned pale clay move in dynamic counterpoint. These shapes—at once curvilinear and angular—repeat and interpenetrate across the planes, forming a continuous pattern that wraps the vessel without hierarchy or fixed orientation. The incised outlines give each form a defined edge, yet the texture within remains vigorously worked, creating a dense, tactile skin that absorbs and scatters light unevenly. 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Here the energy is drawn upward in colorful wavering bands and held within the flattened plane of the form. These vertically flowing bands of iron red, chalk white, carbon black, and muted gold oscillate with a rhythm that feels natural, like streamers in the wind. These bands do not merely decorate; they structure the object. The surface is densely worked, the pigments and slips built up into a geological crust. Incised and impressed textures catch the light unevenly, giving each band a distinct tactile identity. Kako’s surface is entirely abstract, its meaning residing in rhythm, repetition, and material presence rather than depiction. 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The vessel carries a quiet resonance with the ritual dōtaku bells of the Yayoi period—its faceted mass and incised band recalling an object bearing the trace of an unknown system of signs. The slightly tapering, faceted body and the subtly pitched “roof-like” top recall the iconic bell form—not literally, but structurally. Running through the body is a vertical band of pale celadon-green, incised with a dense array of geometric and abstracted motifs—triangular grids, concentric circles, linear hatchings—each impressed into the clay with deliberate variation. While ancient bells carry depictions of animals, agriculture, and ritual scenes, here these have been abstracted into a dense, non-representational lexicon—triangles, circles, and repeating marks that feel coded rather than descriptive. The glaze pools lightly within these impressions, softening their edges while preserving their tactile clarity. 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It is not a vessel in the conventional sense, but a boundary: a circumference that frames space rather than occupying it. Across its surface unfolds a dense field of flowing, interlocking motifs—arabesque forms that seem to drift and eddy along the circular path executed in iron-rich reds, muted greens, and ochre yellows. The surface is granular with a tactile roughness that catches light unevenly, giving the impression of something eroded by time. The ring stands upright with a ritual clarity, recalling something encountered in the friction between hand, clay, and fire. In Fūkoku, Kako distills his long-standing dialogue between construction and instinct into a single, unified gesture: a form that is both exacting and elemental, where emptiness becomes the work’s central, resonant core. It is 40 × 20 × 60 cm. 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Across its surface, vertical bands of color flow uninterrupted from base to rim, their gentle undulations suggesting the slow drift of sediment. Iron-red dominates, interwoven with pale white, muted celadon-green, and ochre yellow, each band separated by finely incised lines that anchor the composition without interrupting its rhythm. The surface is richly tactile: matte, granular, and subtly variegated, with minute pitting and tonal shifts that catch light unevenly. This textured skin softens the brightness of the palette, allowing the colors to feel embedded rather than applied. Inside, the vessel is left largely unadorned, its darker, quieter interior forming a counterpoint to the animated exterior. 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Modest in scale, the vessel naturally lends itself to shared use—each pour measured and each sip fleeting. In this way, it invites a rhythm of exchange rather than solitary consumption. In traditional practice, sake is not self-poured but offered and received, typically from a tokkuri or katakuchi, the act itself becoming a quiet gesture of regard. One pours for the other, and in turn is poured for—an unspoken dialogue of attentiveness, humility, and trust. The small capacity of the cup reinforces this cadence, ensuring that the moment of refilling—and thus the moment of connection—returns again and again. Such vessels do more than contain sake; they structure an encounter. The warmth of the drink is mirrored in the warmth between those who share it, each exchange marking time not by quantity, but by presence. 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Modest in scale, the vessel naturally lends itself to shared use—each pour measured and each sip fleeting. In this way, it invites a rhythm of exchange rather than solitary consumption. In traditional practice, sake is not self-poured but offered and received, typically from a tokkuri or katakuchi, the act itself becoming a quiet gesture of regard. One pours for the other, and in turn is poured for—an unspoken dialogue of attentiveness, humility, and trust. The small capacity of the cup reinforces this cadence, ensuring that the moment of refilling—and thus the moment of connection—returns again and again. Such vessels do more than contain sake; they structure an encounter. The warmth of the drink is mirrored in the warmth between those who share it, each exchange marking time not by quantity, but by presence. 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