{"product_id":"ring-sculpture-fukaku-2023-ー加古-勝己-風刻","title":"Ring Sculpture, Fukaku 2023 ー加古 勝己 “風刻”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sculptural work by Kako Katsumi created in 2023 titled Fūkoku, on the accompanying wooden placard.  The form resolves into a perfect ring—an open circle poised on a dark plinth, complete and continuous, yet defined entirely by absence. 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. (16 x 8 x 24 inches) and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDue to size the cost of shipping will be accrued separately.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKako 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 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kako Katsumi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725443928311,"sku":"KK10","price":441300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-03-1714.41.50_2.jpg?v=1777604042","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/ja\/products\/ring-sculpture-fukaku-2023-%e3%83%bc%e5%8a%a0%e5%8f%a4-%e5%8b%9d%e5%b7%b1-%e9%a2%a8%e5%88%bb","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}