The Eternal Beauty of Metal
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Sako Ryuhei, Mokume-gane Drum Shaped Tea Container, 2020
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Sako Ryuhei, Mokume-gane Uchidashi Container, 2021
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Sako Ryuhei, Mokume-gane Uchidashi Shinogi Vase 01, 2020
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Sako Ryuhei, Mokume-gane Uchidashi Vase 02, 2020
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Ōsumi Yukie, Silver Plate Bogetsu (Full Moon), 1994
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Ōsumi Yukie, Silver Vase Araiso (Rough Shore), 2020
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Ōsumi Yukie, Silver Vase Bakufu (Waterfall), 2011
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Oshiyama Motoko, Kakuhanmon Vase “Koin” (Time) , 2019
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Oshiyama Motoko, Kakuhanmon Box “Kyokko” (Rising Sun), 2020
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Oshiyama Motoko, Kakuhanmon Vase “Shunpu” (Spring Wind), 2018
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Oshiyama Motoko, Kakuhanmon Vase “Kenun” (Cirrus Cloud), 2020
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Oshiyama Motoko, Kakuhanmon Vase “Kiryu” (Flow), 2019
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Tamagawa Norio , Mokume-gane Vase 050, 1996
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Tamagawa Norio , Mokume-gane Jar, 1991
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Tamagawa Norio , Mokume-gane Vase 074, 2000
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Tamagawa Norio , Mokume-gane Vase, 2003
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Iede Takahiro, Vessel Kanade (Play), 2020
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Iede Takahiro, Container Kotodama (The Spirit of Language), 2018
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Iede Takahiro, Vessel Ritsu (Rhythm), 2019
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Iede Takahiro, Vessel Hibiki (Resonance), 2018
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Hata Shunsai III, Tea Kettle with Ship Design, 2018
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Hata Shunsai III, Tea Kettle with Hexagonal Design, 2017
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Hata Shunsai III, Tetsubin with Fuji Design, 2014
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Hata Shunsai III, Tetsubin with Original Design, 2020
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Hata Shunsai III, Tea Kettle with Square Design, 2016
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Hannya Tamotsu, Fukiwake Flower Vase (No. 508), 2006
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Otsuki Masako , Silver Vase Kō (Sparkling Water), 2007
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Nakagawa Mamoru, Vase Hayashi (Trees) , 2019
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Okuyama Hoseki, Flower Vase “Dew Grass”, 2003
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Uozumi Iraku III, Sahari Flower Vase , 2019
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Katsura Morihito, Silver Incense Burner, 1984
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Miyata Ryohei, Incense Burner “Springen", 2016
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Tanaka Terukazu, Hammered Box – AKENO, 2006
NEW YORK, N.Y. — February 2021: In celebration of Asia Week New York 2021, Onishi Gallery (521 W. 26th Street) is proud to announce its next exhibition “The Eternal Beauty of Metal,” opening on March 11. Onishi Gallery regularly features the best of contemporary Japanese metal art and represents many leading figures in the field, including nine artists designated “Living National Treasures.”
The exhibition’s title, “The Eternal Beauty of Metal,” reflects the philosophy of Ōsumi Yukie—Japan’s first female Living National Treasure in metal art—who has written that there is “ . . . something particularly meaningful about the way that metals can substitute the permanent for the fleeting and transitory, conferring eternity on phenomena that would otherwise have a limited lifespan.” Featuring vessels made from gold, silver, platinum, copper, lead, and unique Japanese alloys, worked in techniques including casting, chiseling, hammering, and overlay, “The Eternal Beauty of Metal” will show that the makers of these contemporary masterpieces are distinct in their personal modes of expression, but united in their embrace of traditional methods.
The metalwork artists whose works will be displayed in this exhibit will also be among the artists featured in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit Japan: A History of Style.