l-r: Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney, Wang Mansheng

Understanding the Perpetuation of the Chinese Literati
Tradition in the Present Day

Arnold Chang|A Closer Look at Bimo 筆墨 (Brushwork)
Saturday, June 24, 2-4pm

Michael Cherney|An Unrolling Landscape – a Conversation with the Artist
Saturday, July 8, 2-4pm

Wang Mansheng|The Art and Symbolism of Tuanshan 团扇 (Round Fan)
Friday, September 22, 6-8pm

This summer Fu Qiumeng Fine Art is hosting a series of three in person dialogues, entitled Understanding the Perpetuation of the Chinese Literati Tradition in the Present Day, featuring distinguished artists and independent scholars Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney, and Wang Mansheng. The talks will delve into the exploration of Chinese ink painting, landscape art, and aesthetic development and will be moderated by Fang Xian, artist, independent scholar and partner at FQM.

For more information and to book tickets ($12 each), click here.

Due to the air quality, Ippodo Gallery is closed today, and the opening reception for Magic of the Tea Bowl Volume III has been postponed to Tuesday, June 13, 6-8pm.

The exhibition is now open online. To visit, click here.

The gallery will reopen on Friday, June 9.

Kohei Nakamura, Kohiki Tea Bowl (C24290) / Takeshi Imaizumi, Blue Porcelain Tea Bowl (C25938) / Agnes Husz, Duality Tea-bowl 1 (C25909) / Yasushi Fujihira, Tea Bowl “Silver” (C25941) Tomoyuki Hoshino, Sugar Glazed Tea Bowl (C25914)

June 8-July 13, 2023
Opening reception postponed to Tuesday, June 13, 6-8pm
RSVP is encouraged

The exhibition is a showcase of eighteen selected ceramic artists representing styles from traditional to modern—emerging visionaries, rising stars, respected masters, and a Living National Treasure. The more than a hundred tea bowls presented provide a wide sampling of their artistry.

The “Way of Tea” began in Japan during the sixteenth century with the famed Sen no Rikyu, and this treasured facet of Japanese life has thrived until today. Used in the tea ceremony, the tea bowl (chawan) is the only art form that arouses such intimate emotions or possesses such a close and physical sensitivity. Japanese artists have sought out the perfect chawan form for more than four centuries. Tea bowls made at Bizen, one of Japan's “six great kilns,” by artists using the production process that has been handed down from generation to generation are on view. New developments in kiln machinery have enabled artists in other regions of Japan to produce modern works of original character, which are also included here.

The exhibition is now open online.

View the online exhibition and read more…

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection, September 2022-January 2023, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Unexpected Dialogues: Japanese Ceramics in New Contexts
June 22, 2023 at 5pm EST (New York)

Because contemporary Japanese ceramics are so versatile, they can stand in comfortable and even intriguing conversation with all kinds of art. Encompassing a wide variety of forms, styles, surface treatments and patterning, their many alluring aspects speak to other artworks from vastly different cultures and time periods. The resulting dialogues enrich our understanding of not only the juxtaposed art but also of the people who have thoughtfully brought them together.

In this ZOOM Gallery Talk, expert panelists show us the many new contexts that they have discovered for contemporary Japanese ceramics. With curator Heather Brown, collectors Nancy and Joe Keithley examine their extraordinary interdisciplinary collection and how it was displayed privately and then publicly at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Curator Mari Hanazato, who was part of the Musée Tomo in Tokyo from its inception, explores how a museum's physical space is integral to sparking unexpected dialogues between artworks and among visitors. New York-based collector Matthew Nimetz expands upon his reflections in the 2019 book, The Allure of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, and talks about living with a diverse collection built over decades.

PANELISTS:
Heather Lemonedes Brown, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Mari Hanazato, Curator at Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, formerly chief curator at Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Nancy and Joe Keithley, Ohio-based art collectors and museum patrons
Matthew Nimetz, New York-based art collector
moderated by Joan Mirviss

To register for this free event, please click here.

(Left) Tea bowl by Shingu Sayaka; (Right) Tea bowl by Tsujimura Yui.

June 5 – July 5, 2023

Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd. is delighted to present Contemporary Chadōgu, a summer showcase of contemporary ceramics for the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

Often a meditative and serious subject, this exhibition offers the range of contemporary interpretations and expressions of Japanese ceramic tea utensils in a different light for both life-long and new collectors. The show will feature a selection of 45 tea bowls, water jars, and tea caddies.

Emanuel Hahn, Eden Foods, 2020

Artist Talk: Emanuel Hahn
Video Release
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Emanuel Hahn's Koreatown Dreaming series was born out of a sense of urgency to document the stories of Koreatown LA during the Covid-19 pandemic and creeping gentrification. Although Koreatown is increasingly a popular destination for tourists and transplants, many small businesses in Koreatown serving the local population are closing, and long-time establishments and mom-and-pop stores have disappeared without leaving a record of their history and contributions to the city of Los Angeles. Documenting the lives and stories of those who are still surviving, his photo series offers a compelling insight into this entrepreneurial immigrant group.

Hahn, one of the two photographers featured in The Korea Society's Koreatown LA/NY, talks about his career and work.

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