The Virtual Reality Tour
A solo exhibition of ceramic works by Jun Kawajiri is currently being held at UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery and Wada Garou Tokyo.
In emergency situations due to the ongoing covid-19 outbreak, most people may refrain from going out.
In cooperation with CLASSIX Co., Ltd., we created the VR web page so that you can feel free to enjoy his exhibition at home.
Please click each links below and enjoy his works!
A solo exhibition of ceramic works by Jun Kawajiri is currently being held at UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery and Wada Garou Tokyo.
In emergency situations due to the ongoing covid-19 outbreak, most people may refrain from going out.
In cooperation with CLASSIX Co., Ltd., we created the VR web page so that you can feel free to enjoy his exhibition at home.
Please click each links below and enjoy his works!
"To Be Both Inside and Outside."
（2019, 30×25×50㎝, material：ceramic, heating wire, underglaze, gold paint)
（2019, 30×25×50㎝, material：ceramic, heating wire, underglaze, gold paint)
The exhibition of ceramic works by Jun Kawajiri
Distortion, Crack, and Shining. That’s Japanese Ceramic!
March 16–April 30, 2021
*OPENING RECEPTION HAS BEEN CANCELED.
UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery and Wada Garou Tokyo are pleased to present a solo exhibition by a ceramic artist Jun Kawajiri, Distortion, Crack, and Shining. That’s Japanese Ceramic!, beginning on March 16th, 2021.
Jun’s ancestors had been involved in the ceramics business for generations since the mid-Edo period, and his family has produced Kiyomizu-pottery for four generations in Kyoto. He also has his own atelier in the area known for Kiyomizu-pottery, Kyoto and keeps creating and presenting works. After learning “Japanese unbalanced beauty” from the structure of Japanese gardens and tea rooms at the university, he has become engrossed deeply in unique Japanese aesthetics cherishing distortions and cracks. Completing his Ph.D. at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1992, he published a book “Cherishing Distortions” in 2002 from Pola Research Institute of Beauty and Culture.
In this exhibition, we will present works that Jun deliberately distorted, cracked, and chipped, based on his strong admiration for the “imbalanced beauty”. For some people, “cracks” and “distortions” that created intentionally are sometimes grotesque, calculating, and less beautiful than those that happened naturally. He, however, wishes that the gallery visitors enjoy the imperfection they have as well.
―[...] I want to create the works that are cracked, chipped, and distorted, but at the same time, they are shining in gold and silver by coloring beautifully as hard as I can. We humans should be loved by people even if we have a handicap, are nonstandard, are different from others, or have shortcomings. That is what I’m trying to express in my works.
(From the interview for this exhibition)
This exhibition will simultaneously be held at 2 venues, UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery (Jimbo-cho) and Wada Garou Tokyo (Ginza). We will display various types of his ceramics, not only tea bowls and flat plates but also installation art and large-scale objects. It would be a valuable opportunity to see his works together in one place, so we hope you enjoy them at the venue!
PROFILE
Jun Kawajiri | Japanese ceramic artist
Born in 1964 in Kyoto, Jun Kawajiri completed his Ph.D. at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1992. He has explored “Japanese unique aesthetics” and “the beauty of the structural imbalance”, such as distortions used in tea bowls, seemingly an imbalanced structure of windows or pillars in tea rooms, or paintings on folding screens having extreme margin; they are completely different from the Western Europe's one taking the perfect structure for sense of beauty. He mainly creates tea bowls and three-dimensional or flat objects.
INFORMATION
※Please note that opening hours and holidays vary depending on the venue.
An exhibition of ceramic works by Jun Kawajiri
Distortion, Crack and Shining. That’s Japanese Ceramic!
March 16–April 30, 2021
*OPENING RECEPTION HAS BEEN CANCELED.
■Venue 1: UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery
Dates: March 16–April 30, 2021
Opening hours：Mon.-Fri. 10:30~18:00
Closed on Sat, San, and national holidays
Maison de Ville Kanda Jinbocho 1F (Jinbocho Sakura Street)
2-11-4, Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0061 Japan
+81-(0)3-6261-0018
guas.info@gmail.com
■Venue 2: Wada Garou Tokyo
Dates: March 16–April 30, 2021
Opening hours：Tue.- San. 13:00~18:30
Closed on Mon and national holidays
3F 3-5-16, Ginza , Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 104-0061
+81-(0)3-6263-2404
info@wadagarou.com
Distortion, Crack, and Shining. That’s Japanese Ceramic!
March 16–April 30, 2021
*OPENING RECEPTION HAS BEEN CANCELED.
UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery and Wada Garou Tokyo are pleased to present a solo exhibition by a ceramic artist Jun Kawajiri, Distortion, Crack, and Shining. That’s Japanese Ceramic!, beginning on March 16th, 2021.
Jun’s ancestors had been involved in the ceramics business for generations since the mid-Edo period, and his family has produced Kiyomizu-pottery for four generations in Kyoto. He also has his own atelier in the area known for Kiyomizu-pottery, Kyoto and keeps creating and presenting works. After learning “Japanese unbalanced beauty” from the structure of Japanese gardens and tea rooms at the university, he has become engrossed deeply in unique Japanese aesthetics cherishing distortions and cracks. Completing his Ph.D. at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1992, he published a book “Cherishing Distortions” in 2002 from Pola Research Institute of Beauty and Culture.
In this exhibition, we will present works that Jun deliberately distorted, cracked, and chipped, based on his strong admiration for the “imbalanced beauty”. For some people, “cracks” and “distortions” that created intentionally are sometimes grotesque, calculating, and less beautiful than those that happened naturally. He, however, wishes that the gallery visitors enjoy the imperfection they have as well.
―[...] I want to create the works that are cracked, chipped, and distorted, but at the same time, they are shining in gold and silver by coloring beautifully as hard as I can. We humans should be loved by people even if we have a handicap, are nonstandard, are different from others, or have shortcomings. That is what I’m trying to express in my works.
(From the interview for this exhibition)
This exhibition will simultaneously be held at 2 venues, UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery (Jimbo-cho) and Wada Garou Tokyo (Ginza). We will display various types of his ceramics, not only tea bowls and flat plates but also installation art and large-scale objects. It would be a valuable opportunity to see his works together in one place, so we hope you enjoy them at the venue!
PROFILE
Jun Kawajiri | Japanese ceramic artist
Born in 1964 in Kyoto, Jun Kawajiri completed his Ph.D. at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1992. He has explored “Japanese unique aesthetics” and “the beauty of the structural imbalance”, such as distortions used in tea bowls, seemingly an imbalanced structure of windows or pillars in tea rooms, or paintings on folding screens having extreme margin; they are completely different from the Western Europe's one taking the perfect structure for sense of beauty. He mainly creates tea bowls and three-dimensional or flat objects.
INFORMATION
※Please note that opening hours and holidays vary depending on the venue.
An exhibition of ceramic works by Jun Kawajiri
Distortion, Crack and Shining. That’s Japanese Ceramic!
March 16–April 30, 2021
*OPENING RECEPTION HAS BEEN CANCELED.
■Venue 1: UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery
Dates: March 16–April 30, 2021
Opening hours：Mon.-Fri. 10:30~18:00
Closed on Sat, San, and national holidays
Maison de Ville Kanda Jinbocho 1F (Jinbocho Sakura Street)
2-11-4, Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0061 Japan
+81-(0)3-6261-0018
guas.info@gmail.com
■Venue 2: Wada Garou Tokyo
Dates: March 16–April 30, 2021
Opening hours：Tue.- San. 13:00~18:30
Closed on Mon and national holidays
3F 3-5-16, Ginza , Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 104-0061
+81-(0)3-6263-2404
info@wadagarou.com