Exhibition at Joan B Mirviss LTD places Kitaōji Rosanjin s oeuvre in dialogue with works by mid-century masters
Kitaōji Rosanjin (1883-1959), Large Karatsu madara glazed vase. Glazed stoneware, ca. 1955. 17 1/4 x 15 5/8 in.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Rosanjin has long been hailed as one of the greatest ceramists of the twentieth century. His bold, eclectic ceramics emerged from the highly creative atmosphere of postwar Japan. Rosanjin forged a remarkable career, but it was not without first crossing paths, and even colliding, with many of his contemporaries who were themselves renowned ceramic masters and connoisseurs: Arakawa Toyozō, Fujiwara Kei, Kaneshige Tōyō, Katō Tokurō, Kawakita Handeishi, and Koyama Fujio. For Asia Week New York 2021, Joan B Mirviss LTD re-examines the legend of Rosanjin and his place within this Japanese artistic milieu in Tradition Redefined: Rosanjin and His Rivals.