workshops Keishu Kawai Hideki Inoue with Keishu Kawai

Keishu Kawai is a Japanese Shodo 1970 Born in Mito city, Ibaraki Participants in this course will learn basic strokes and motion artist (Japanese calligraphy). She 1999 Apprenticed to sequences, breathing, inner poise and the first few Japanese JAPANESE CERAMICS was born in the prefecture Ibaraki, Wendelin Stahl (Germany) characters in a calm atmosphere. The workshop offers advanced STADT close to the holy hill Tsukuba. students the opportunity to deepen their own knowledge and The artist lives and works in Membership expand their character composition repertoire, as well as to give AND CALLIGRAPHY Colmar/Alsace. • Director of Ibaraki -Germany them a personal touch. The course will be held in English. Culture Association MUSEUM With the help of performative ele- • Member of International 25 January 2020, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. EXHIBITION ments, Keishu Kawai defines new Academy of Ceramics (IAC) 26 January 2020, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. scope in her calligraphic works. • Member of Japan Contemporary 21 March 2020, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. LAHR This, however, without losing sight Arts and Crafts Association 22 March 2020, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. of the central theme of Shodo - Minimalism on paper, perfection of Profi le (selection): Price for participation in a workshop, incl. material: €40 movement and the strict interpreta- 1993 Ibaraki Art Exhibition, Incen- Price for participation in two workshops, incl. material: €75 tion of the age old templates. tive Award (same award in 96) Price for participation in four workshops, incl. material: €140 1998 Mito Art Exhibition, Excel- Max. number of participants: 10 lence Award/Ibaraki News Presi- To sign up, contact: Education dent Award Lahr City Marketing department, [email protected] 1994 - 2004 2005 The 44th Japan Contem- Institute of Shodo, porary Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Professor Soin Furutani, 1st-time enter , Japan 2007 Germany-Japan Craft Curator tours 1996 - 2000 Exhibition (Germany) of the special Japan exhibition Daitou Bunka University, 2014 Siebold Memorial Museum Tokyo, Japan, Exhibition (Germany) 19 January 2020, 2.30 p.m. Japanese Literary Science 2015 The 23rd Japan Ceramic Art 16 February 2020, 2.30 p.m. 2000 - 2004 Exhibition, 1st-time enter 15 March 2020, 2.30 p.m. Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan, Grand Prize (Katsuranomiya Shihai) 19 April 2020, 2.30 p.m. Institute for Calligraphy Winner, Hekisai-bachi Price: 4 € additionally entrance in the museum Departement of Art Publically recognized by the city of Duration: 1 hour 2007 Kasama for great contribution of art Emigration to France and culture promotion. Curator: Martina Mundinger 2009 2016 Work „Reimei“ was displayed Under the patronage of the Japanes Consulate General in Munich She set up her school “Shoden in the venue of G7 Science and Special thanks: City of Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture Ryu” in Colmar Technology Ministers‘ Meeting Teacher at the „Maison Universi- 2017 Crafted teacups for JR East Sponsor: taire France-Japon“, university in Japan Deluxe Sleeping-car Train Strasbourg 2018 Crafted present for the visit of Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino to Ibaraki

Stadtmuseum Lahr Kreuzstraße 6 | 77933 Lahr Tel.: 0049 (0)7821/910-0410 E-Mail: [email protected] www.stadtmuseum.lahr.de opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Japanese calligraphy Japanese ceramic art

In Japanese culture, the syllable “do” signifies The origins of Japanese pottery date back as far as a path one follows in life. The literal meaning of the Palaeolithic. Ceramics remain extremely pop- “Shodo” is the “path of ”. As a typograph- ular to this day. The extraordinary variety of Japa- ical art form, calligraphy is not only an act of nese ceramic works is characterised by the inter- writing – it is also a way to engage in meditation, play of old traditions and modern influences. The subject to very exact requirements: precise rules main regional factories are referred to as “kilns”. apply to the working material and sequence, as They are divided into Six Ancient Kilns: Tokoname, well as the characters and their stroke order. Bizen, Echizen, Shigaraki, Tanba and Seto.

Calligraphy is more than just writing, it is a traditional cultural legacy. The Among the Japanese regions famed for their ceramics, the city of Kasama is roots of Japanese calligraphy can be traced back to Chinese ideograms. one of the younger ceramics centres. Ceramics production was subsidised Calligraphic characters not only express a concept; they are, as it were, the by the state from the outset, allowing it to develop into an important sector. expression of a mental state. Japanese calligraphy is intimately linked with Today, the „Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum“ and the „Kasama College of the principles of Buddhism. The act of calligraphy is not geared towards Ceramic Art“ put Kasama on the map as a national cultural location. Kasama achieving a finished end product, but rather revolves around a meditative ware is considered to be one of the most beautiful ceramics in Japan thanks state of mind that embraces calm, discipline and harmony. to its traditional simplicity and high quality. Once a movement has been committed to paper, it can no longer be reversed. Corrections are not possible, nor are they supposed to be. Even though each character follows a precisely defined sequence, calligraphic works differ in their spiritual expression, which can be detected in the inten- Pottery from sity of colour, ink consistency and brush stroke. Kasama and Ibaraki

The ceramic works from Kasama Hideki Inoue‘s (4) ceramics are Keishu Kawai and Ibaraki give a small insight into modern classics in the world Calligraphy as a creative act the creative variety of functional of Japanese pottery. The matt ceramics, as well as the different green copper glaze reinforces the Keishu Kawai has had a passion for For Keishu Kawai, every single act of craft techniques applied to clay and delicate, soft appearance of the calligraphy ever since childhood. calligraphy comes hand-in-hand with glaze. Organic to geometric forms surface texture. The artist was born Calligraphy was a spontaneous form the quest to achieve inner wealth, present a broad range of shapes into a family of ceramists, with his of expression and communication balance and personal development. and sculptural representations. grandfather already engaging in for her at an early age. During the the art. process involved in creating the Her works reflect a line of devel- 1 2 The works of Mamoro Teramoto work, brush, body and spirit merge to opment during her stay in Europe. (1) are created on the turntable in The graceful spherical blue-white become intertwined. Whereas her early works are still his atelier. The artist applies typical vessel of Kòyó Matsui (5), is heavily influenced by the principles silver and gold particles to the manufactured using the elaborate People, encounters and nature of traditional Japanese calligraphy, ceramics as overglaze painting. Neriage technique. The special fea- inspire the artist just as much as her the characters increasingly take on a ture of this technique is the pattern, own moods and feelings do. The free, artistic character. Fukuno Michitaka (2) presents which can be seen on the inside as spirit of Zen forms the basis for her a modern form of geometrically well as on the outside of the vessel. work, with the artist pursuing an The intensity of the calligraphic works designed pottery. The constructed impulsive, minimalist style. appears to increase, becoming cube-like structure of his can blurs Bamboo leaves paint enchanting, Starting from an empty space, the stronger over the years. This is the the boundaries separating function- unique patterns in the glaze of 3 4 calligraphic works tell of various result of a process of emancipation al ceramics from sculpture. Hiroyuki Onuki ‘s (6) ceramics. themes such as beauty, love, poetry, from stringent rules governing how light and shadow. The focus is on the roles are attributed to individuals, and Hiroshi Kobayashi‘s (3) ceramics quest for harmony. Different types from social regimentation. Calligraph- convey the impression of unspoilt of ink, the paper grain and even the ic characters enter into new connec- beauty and naturalness. qualities of the frame all form part of tions, are abstracted and framed in a the creative process. new context.

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