Shigeo Suzuki Exhibition
-Creation by His Hands and Eyes
Mar 20, 2024
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Jan 14, 2024
"Even if it is something from the past, anything that has real value always contains something new" Soetsu Yanagi
Shigeo Suzuki: Fan, Kuno style. detail. ca.1950. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum collection.
Shigeo Suzuki (1914-2003) was one of the folk arts activists and a craftsman who created works in a wide range of fields including ceramics, book bindings, and lacquer paintings. In 1935, he became a disciple of Soetsu Yanagi, the founder of the Mingei movement, and received guidance on crafts and philosophy as his only apprentice. Born into a family of gold-lacquered painters, he was trained in lacquer crafts from an early age and mastered the art of drawing and patterning, and Soetsu Yanagi was quick to discover his talent. His series of works using patterns and designs created using lacquer and brushes are original and have a unique beauty extracted from folk art. This exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of his death, and introduces a series of his creative works as a craftsman, which began with magazine bindings, as well as the arts and crafts he collected with the rigorous aesthetic sense he cultivated through Soetsu Yanagi.
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4-3-33 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
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Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961) was a thinker known as the founder of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum and an advocate of the Mingei movement. This movement evaluates the handiwork of anonymous craftsmen who had not received formal artistic recognition until now, and established the concept of folk art by discovering the "beauty of everyday objects" that is born from coexistence with the land and nature. He was fascinated by the beauty of handicrafts from the Joseon Dynasty and collected them, and is also known for his deep knowledge of Korean art. The members of the Mingei movement, led by him, were active all over the country through collecting and researching works, planning exhibitions, and launching the magazine "Kogei" , and engaged in various efforts to spread the concept of Mingei.
His son, Sori Yanagi, is known as an industrial designer of modern Japan, and his various works, including the "Butterfly Stool," are loved all over the world.
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4-3-33 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
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Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961) was a thinker known as the founder of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum and an advocate of the Mingei movement. This movement evaluates the handiwork of anonymous craftsmen who had not received formal artistic recognition until now, and established the concept of folk art by discovering the "beauty of everyday objects" that is born from coexistence with the land and nature. He was fascinated by the beauty of handicrafts from the Joseon Dynasty and collected them, and is also known for his deep knowledge of Korean art. The members of the Mingei movement, led by him, were active all over the country through collecting and researching works, planning exhibitions, and launching the magazine "Kogei" , and engaged in various efforts to spread the concept of Mingei.
His son, Sori Yanagi, is known as an industrial designer of modern Japan, and his various works, including the "Butterfly Stool," are loved all over the world.
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