Exhibitions

Past Exhibition Special Exhibition

Ceramic Design of Sakaegi Masatoshi – Rhythm and Waves

Date

Location

Art Museum Gallery 4

About the Exhibition

Making free use of the model molding techniques, ceramic designer Sakaegi Masatoshi (b. 1944) handles all the processes from sketching to completion to connect user’s ideas to his own with unrestricted freedom, thus creating high-quality products. This exhibition focuses mainly on his everyday vessels to explore Sakaegi’s design thinking that extends over the acts of making and using.

About Artists

Biography

1944

Born in Asahi-shi, Chiba Prefecture.

1963

Entered Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design

1966

Finished his major at Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design. Joined the design department of Seyei China, a leading maker of Western tableware in Nagoya, where he worked until 1969.

1969

Entered Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Vacation-Training School. Quit the school in autumn and became an assistant at Aida Yusuke Kenkyujo (laboratory) in Kasama-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

1970

Divided his time between a job at a small ceramic plant producing tiles, novelties and tableware, and creative activities in evenings on design and ceramics painting (until around 1973).

1973

Cofounded with Sugiura Toyokazu Ceramic Japan Co., Ltd., a company for planning, production and marketing of ceramic products.

1986

Compact won a grand prize at the 16th International Industrial Design Competition, Valencia, Spain.

1998

Became a professor in design and crafts at the Department of Art, the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music (until 2009).

2010

Became a professor emeritus at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music.

Events

Artist’s Talk

Sakaegi Masatoshi

Date

2011.1.29(Sat)

Time

15:30-16:30

Location

Art Museum Gallery 4 (2nd Floor)

Free Program (But Museum admission needed)
*Offered in Japanese only

Curator’s Talk

Date

2011.1.8(Sat)

Time

15:30-16:30

Time

Art Museum Gallery 4 (2nd Floor)

Free Program ( But Museum admission required. )
*Offered in Japanese only

Hours & Admissions

Location

Art Museum Gallery 4

Date

011.1.8(Sat)-2.13(Sun)

Time

10:00-17:00 (Friday is 10:00-20:00)
*Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.

Closed

Mondays(except January 10) and January 11

Admission

Adult ¥420 (210) / Student (college / university) ¥130 (70)

*(Group of 20 persons or more)
*All prices include tax.
*Ticket valid for admission to this exhibition and Collection Gallery.

Free for high school students, under 18, seniors(65 and over), Campus Members, MOMAT passport holders.
Persons with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.

Free Admission Days

February 6

Organizer

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Sponsor

Kokusai-Kako Co., Ltd.

Cooperation

Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music

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