A beautiful sculpture made up of variously colored pieces by Yorigami Munemi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Re-Creations, Tamago (Egg).It is 17.5 x 13 x 15 cm (7 x 5 x 6 inches) and in fine condition.A hand written letter by the artist is included.
Yorigami Munemi was born in Kyoto in 1944, but went to Tokyo to study gardening at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, graduating in 1967.Two years later he apprenticed in ceramics under Yagi Kazuo, founding member of the avant-garde Sodeisha group, which Yorigami then joined.He has also exhibited domestically at the Asahi Togeiten Ceramics and Asahi Craft Exhibition among many others.In 1991 he was awarded gold at the Faenza International Ceramics Exhibition, and the following year exhibited in Cairo Egypt and Melbourne Australia (awarded) as well as being awarded at the Modern Ceramics Grand Prix Exhibition held at the National Museum of History in Taipei, Taiwan.The next year he was accepted into the exhibition “Ceramics Today” held at the Aichi Prefectural Museum. In 2001 His work was part of the exhibition “Kyoto Crafts 1945-2000” which was held at the Tokyo and Kyoto National Museums of Modern Art.
