Clay is supremely suited as the medium for Araki’s elegiac conception of the Word of God: clay is brittle and cracks and, by her masterful manipulation, can be expressed into ever-so-thin sheets which she silk-screens with text-a process too daunting for anyone less brave or committed.
R.A.K.
Born 1921 Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
1980 International Academy of Ceramics; elected member; Geneva, Switzerland
1960 Art Students League, NY, NY
1963 Studied at the Examination Room of Industrial Arts, Kyoto, Japan
http://www.japanese-arts.net/ceramics/modern_araki.htm
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo,
(079) 597-3961, 4
Kamitachikui, Konda-cho, Sasayama-shi, Hyogo
15-min. bus ride from Aino Station, JR Fukuchiyama Line.
10 a.m.-6 p.m.) ¥600.
Closed Mon., Dec. 31, Jan. 1, 10; open Jan. 2, 9.
www.mcart.jp
