%C2%A9 Nakamura Takuo
Box that is not a Box, 2016
Nakamura Takuoexpand_more
Stoneware with polychrome glazesexpand_more
Gift of Mary and Bob Merskyexpand_more 2017.137.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
Nakamura Takuo lives in Kanazawa, a culturally rich city located on the Sea of Japan. In his work, he attempts to link the traditions of three hundred year-old Kutani ware and an aesthetic sense associated with artists of the Rinpa school with a modern sense of form.
This work belongs to a series of works the artist calls “utsuwa ni naru koto o yameta utsuwa,” which literally means, “vessel not a vessel.” Its surface is decorated with colorful irises, a motif deeply associated in Japan with Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716), whose work inspired the Rinpa school of artists.
Details
- Title
- Box that is not a Box
- Artist Life
- born 1945
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2017.137.2
- Curator Approved
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