Takuro Kuwata in Conversation with Takuhito Kawashima
Takuhito Kawashima, Apartamento
May 2019
A golden tea bowl with an enchanting lustre; an almost infectiously pop object, reminiscent of the work of Jeff Koons and Andy Warhol. The countless works produced by Takuro Kuwata exhibit a delicate balance amid their quirkiness, giving rise to new forms of aesthetic beauty.
His appearance in the ‘Fire and Clay’ group exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in 2018 and the 2016 ‘From Tea Bowl’ exhibition at London’s Alison Jacques Gallery mean that Kuwata is today a leader of the contemporary Japanese ceramics scene. […]