Installation view of Toshiko Takaezu; Worlds Within at the Noguchi Museum, March 2024, courtesy Joan B Mirviss LTD
Zoom Webinar
Toshiko Takaezu: Her Journey
Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 5pm EDT
Joan B Mirviss LTD is proud to host the upcoming Zoom panel discussion, Toshiko Takaezu: Her Journey, focusing on the life and work of the incredible Japanese-American artist Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011).
Joan B Mirviss will be joined by scholars and curators who produced the current, major retrospective exhibition, Toshiko Takaezu; Worlds Within, now traveling the country and authored its accompanying thorough, scholarly publication. This fascinating discussion will delve into Takaezu’s celebrated career. As an innovative Hawaiian-American ceramic artist, she combined inspiration from her cultural heritage with Western contemporary art styles to create her unique, dynamic aesthetic. Initially, Takaezu produced utilitarian ceramics that evolved into her signature stacked, totemic standing, closed-vessel forms. She often displayed her powerful, boldly painted works together with her fiber hangings and paintings, artfully designing highly personal installations inviting conversations between the differing media.
During her lifetime, Takaezu was honored with multiple museum exhibitions and today her works can be found in the permanent collections of over 65 international museums including The Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park.
Panelists include:
Glenn Adamson, scholar and curator
Elisabeth Agro, Nancy M. McNeil Curator of Modern Contemporary Craft and Decorative Arts
Darlene Fukuji, Board Member, Toshiko Takaezu Foundation and grandniece of the artist
Carolyn Herrera-Perez, Curator of Glass and Ceramics, Chazen Museum of Art
Kathryn Goffnett, Associate Curator, Cranbrook Art Museum
Moderated by Joan B Mirviss
They look forward to your participation in this intriguing Zoom panel discussion.
To register, click here.