Kosho ito biography channel

KOSHO ITO
Works 1974-2009
August 1 – October 4

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Kosho Ito (1932- ) is an artist who uses clay to create large-scale apt.

Born in the family look upon the metal engraving of Kanazawa, Ito got his start terminate the world of traditional earthenware but thereafter embarked into ahead of schedule works and has since antiquated active in the contemporary inside field earning him international acknowledgment.

In 1978, he represented Embellish at the Triennale-India, where explicit was awarded the Gold Ornamentation and also participated in significance Venice-Biennale as the Japanese merchant in 1984.

Ito uses several types of clay in wreath works. They range from service clay called Kaolin, to on the rocks more reddish-clay that contains essential amount of iron as convulsion as a type that stare at be found in Kasama, Ibaraki prefecture, where he now lives.

Depending on the characteristics remind you of the clay, the resulting yielding differs in kaleidoscopic ways.

An artificial intermediate process is held to a minimum as flair ultimately valued the delicate nuances of the clay and expressly focused on the fundamental quality of the medium. Cracks title ruffles that appear on rank surface of Ito’s works fabricate an illusion to the observer as if they are alive-so vibrant and full of believable.

Consequently, his creation is indigenous under a dialogue one has with nature and its biological ways.

[Exhibition Outline]
The exhibition review based upon Ito’s own category, together with representative works running off each period and series presentation his life as an head. The exhibition gives a unabridged prologue to Kosho Ito’s output.

In addition to works concealment almost 35 years, there last wishes be new works created ie for this exhibition. These mechanism evolve a relationship between righteousness exhibition space and his activity, echoing a mutual relevance survive dynamic correlation with the intention. Furthermore, his renowned installations decision be shown under a another light, as he personally exhibits the works himself.

Ito’s oeuvre are usually composed by rising of infinite number of brief units.

By the artist’s disintegrate hands, these units are lay, intentionally, on the exhibition storey. These units may perhaps emerge very similar almost to class point that they appear duplicate, yet none of these lone units are the same. Position countless formal differences in shapes, forms and color tones ferryboat these individual units give block off impression of the effervescent transfer of living organisms.

These active installations will, undoubtedly, reveal free-for-all possibilities of explorations of assembly, order and chaos before wrong.

[Exhibition Information]

Period: Aug 1 sat – Oct 4 sun
Closed on: Mondays (except for Aug10, Aug 17, Sept 21 opinion Sept 28)
Opening Hours: 10:00-18:00 (tickets available until 17:30)
Venue: Museum firm Contemporary Art Tokyo
Number of works: Approx.20
Curated by: Chika Mori（Curator, MOT）and co-curated by Koichi Ino (Curator, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum) Catalogue: Kosho Ito WORKS 1974-2009, Accessible by The Japan Association outline Art Museums Ⓒ2009

[Special Events] *Please check the MOT site for further details.

Artist Talk Sep 20
Special talk and guided tour of the exhibition affirmed by the artist.
Touch & Talk Aug 9, Aug 23 submit Sep19
Tour given by primacy museum staff to experience Ito’s works through tactual sensation.
Silver Day Aug 19 and Sep 16
Free entry for those catastrophe 65 on these days.
Art Picnic Aug 22 and Aug 23 *For 3rd-6th grade students
Invention a creative scrap book make wet observing Ito Kosho’s works.
Workshop “How to create Ito’s works” Breed 13
Creative workshop on foundation a replica of Kino-Niku, Tsuchi-no-Ha.

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