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Kuwata Takuro (1981 - )
2013
A porcelain bowl with elongated body, decorated in a white glaze and gold drips
18cm. high
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Lot Essay

Kuwata Takuro's strikingly colourful works are the result of his experimentation using a variety of materials. In interview in February 2013 he stated "I use natural materials for ceramics. They are not objects I can create on my own. Rather, it's derived from a dialogue between the materials and nature".

After having graduated from a ceramics art course at Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kuwata went on to study under a potter, Zaima Susumu (b. 1952) and later at Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Centre. He was awarded at a number of international competitions including Asian Modern Craft Exhibition at the age of twenty-seven. His works entered both the public and private collections of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Tochigi and the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, among others.

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