The Onishi Gallery is pleased to participate in the New York Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) exposition this May. Based in the Chelsea gallery district, the Onishi Gallery specializes in contemporary art and museum-quality craftwork by Japanese and other Asian artists. Its exhibits at SOFA New York will include works by Anjin Abe, a preeminent figure in Bizen Ware ceramics; Mamoru Nakagawa, a “living national treasure” famed for his work in copper casting and metal inlay; Toshio Ohi, the 11th-generation head of the Ohi dynasty of potters; and Tomoyo Hiraiwa, a jewelry artist well known in New York.
May 29 — June 1, 2008
Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street, New York
www.sofaexpo.com
Booth 124
Thursday & Friday, May 29 & 30 — 11 am — 8 pm
Saturday, May 31 — 11 am — 7 pm
Sunday, June 1 — Noon — 6 pm
Lecture Series
Columbia University: Warren Hall, Feldberg Space, 1125 Amsterdam Avenue at 115th street, New York
Tuesday, May 27, 6 — 7:30 pm * A reception with the artists will follow the lecture.
Speakers: Mamoru Nakagawa, metal-inlay artist and “living national treasure”
Anjin Abe, Bizen ware artist
Moderator: Soyoung Lee, assistant curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
RSVP: 212–695-8035, [email protected] | Information: www.onishigallery.com
SOFA Booth 124: Onishi Gallery: Park Avenue Armory
Friday, May 30
2 pm Mamoru Nakagawa The New-Old Art of Zogan Metal Inlay
Mamoru Nakagawa, a “living national treasure” of Japan, describes the renaissance of a traditional craft.
Saturday, May 31
3 pm Anjin Abe Rediscovering the Soul of Momoyama Bizen
Artist Anjin Abe upturns the conventional wisdom of the history of Bizen ware.
Sunday, June 1
1 pm Tomoyo Hiraiwa Art as Jewelry, Jewelry as Art
Artist Tomoyo Hiraiwa describes how a sojourn in New York transformed her work.
Sponsored by the Soukeikai Foundation and by Japan Airlines and supported by the City of Kanazawa Lectures sponsored by the Columbia Business School and supported by the Consulate General of Japan in New York