Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture ー加古 勝己 “風郭”

A wood mounted sculptural work by Kako Katsumi, dating from 2018, accompanied by a signed wooden placard titled Fūkaku (the boundary of wind). The form extends horizontally in a sinuous, asymmetric arc, its continuous curve rising and falling at random. Though open and linear, it possesses a quiet monumentality held in tension between movement and stillness. The surface is 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. The surface is pitted, fissured, and alive with small inclusions that register as having been weathered by time and exposure. The dark wooden base anchors it with quiet authority, heightening the sense of suspension. Measuring 80.3 × 15 × 24.5 cm (32 x 6 x 10 inches), it is in excellent condition, directly from the artist.

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Kako Katsumi was born in Kyoto in 1965, and graduated the ceramics department of Saga Art College in 1986. He was selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition and the Kyoten held at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art in 1988, followed in 1989 by the National Ceramic Art Exhibition and Mino International Ceramics Exhibition.  He has since exhibited and or been selected/ awarded many times at these prestigious events.  He established his kiln in Nishiwaki City in 1991. In 1994 he worked in Melbourne. Australia, and would create a second kiln in 2001.  In 2004 he would be awarded the Prize of Excellence at the Tanabe Museum of Art Modern Tea Forms exhibition.  In 2005 he established his current kiln in Sasayama, Hyogo prefecture. In 2009 he his work was featured at the Kikuchi Biennale Exhibition and the following year was awarded at the 4th Contemporary Tea Bowls Exhibition, and in 2011 was selected for the influential Paramita Ceramic Exhibition. 2013 saw him in New York, and 2014 at the Museum of Ceramic Art in Hyogo (Kobe).   Held in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art among others.