Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey
Arizona State University Art Museum
September 9, 2005 through January 14, 2006
Akio Takamori, Queen,
2003, 42” x 32” x 17”, stoneware with underglazes, promised
gift of Sara & David Lieberman. Photo courtesy of the Garth Clark Gallery,
New York
Akio Takamori Public Lecture
Friday, October 7, 7 p.m.
Neeb Hall
Akio Takamori Ceramic Demonstration
Saturday, October 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ceramics Studio at the Mesa Arts Center
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Members and Invited Guests Reception
Saturday, October 8, 7-9 p.m.
ASU Art Museum
Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey
The Arizona State University Art Museum’s Ceramics Research Center is organizing the first major mid-career survey exhibition on the ceramic art of Japanese-born artist Akio Takamori, currently residing in Seattle, Washington. This hallmark exhibition, spanning thirty years of creative excellence, is comprised of forty-eight sculptures and nine prints and drawings drawn from the Museum’s collection, as well as private and public collections nationwide. A 156-page hardcover catalogue assesses the talents of this renowned artist.
About the Artist
Mr. Takamori studied at Kansas City Art Institute receiving his B.F.A. in
1976. He received his M.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred
University in 1978. His work is represented in many public collections including
Carnegie Institute Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, American Craft Museum,
Victoria & Albert Museum, and Taipei Fine Arts Museum. He was awarded
National Endowment for the Art grants in 1986,1988 and 1992. Akio Takamori
is Associate Professor of Art in the Ceramics Department at the University
of Washington. He lives in Seattle, Washington where he has a studio.
Link to Press Release and Images
For a press release for the exhibition and press images, please visit the
following webpage:
http://herberger.asu.edu/news/newsreleases/2005/asuam_crc_062205.htm
Takamori workshop flyer and registration form
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ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Peter Held, Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career
Survey will be installed in the Arizona State University Art Museum’s
Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
Duration
Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey (September
9, 2005 through January 14, 2006) is open at the ASU Art Museum: Tuesday from
10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Support
Funders of this project include: E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation,
Friends of Contemporary Ceramics, The Blakemore Foundation, HBB Foundation,
Zaltec Familian and Lilian Levinson Foundation, the Ceramic Leaders at ASU
and Artist Advisory Committee from the Ceramics Research Center, University
of Washington Research Office, Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, Garth Clark
Gallery, New York; Frank Lloyd, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, Armstrong
Prior, Inc., Dale and Doug Anderson, Joanne and James Rapp, Kurt Weiser, Sid
and Elaine Cohen, Midge and Jerry Golner, and Wendy Haas, Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery
Materia, Scottsdale. "Look East," the ASU Art Museum's Fall 2005
Art InterAct education program, is partially funded by the City of Tempe.
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
WIT AND WINE
DESERT CLASSICS
British Ceramic Masterworks: Highlights
from the Anne and Sam Davis
HUMOR, IRONY AND WIT: Ceramic Funk
from the Sixties and Beyond
Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman
Collection of Contemporary Ceramics and Craft
Luo Xiaoping: The Time Square Series
Beyond Boundries: The Yixing Influence
on Contemporary American Ceramics
Embracing Night: New Ceramics by Farraday Newsome
Sredl
More information: John Spiak, spiak@asu.edu.
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