| THE
ASIA SOCIETY AND SARA GALLERY ANNOUNCE
"IRON
MEETS CLAY"
Naoki
Uemura of the Sara Gallery in New York is pleased
to assist the Asia Society with the production of Iron Meets Clay,
a special evening of Japanese-inspired art and aesthetics.
Iron Meets Clay
will feature three Japanese-inspired artists represented at Sara Gallery: |
| Malcolm
Wright, an award-winning potter who apprenticed in historic Karatsu, Japan,
and has been interpreting its traditions in his Vermont studio, The Turnpike Road,
for the past 30 years. |
| Hanako
Nakazato, a potter born and trained in Karatsu, now an artist-in-residence
at The Turnpike Road, whose unique clay and porcelain pottery has a dedicated
following in both Japan and the USA. |
| James
Garvey, a metalsmith who lived in Japan as a child and started his career
as a potter, and whose celebrated public and functional art is inspired by the
Japanese sense of beauty. |
| The event will
take place on Monday, April 11, 2005, at the blacksmith shop and studio of James
Garvey, located in a converted 19th-century beer brewery in Harlem and rarely
open to the public. The artists will introduce their work and discuss their inspirations
and artistic perspectives. Then theyıll demonstrate their craft by throwing pots,
hand-building clay vessels and firing and forging iron. This event is limited
to twenty of the Asia Societyıs top members and will be moderated by journalist
Harris Salat, whose feature piece about Japanese food and pottery will
be published in the August issue of Gourmet. The government of the Ishikawa
Prefecture of Japan has graciously donated its region's top sake, which will
be served at the event with the artists' vessels.
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2005 Sara. All rights reserved.
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