【VOL.1】Sakai kiyoshi × TaniQ

2023.02.28 (Tue) 〜 2024.09.10（Sun） ※ Free admission from 9:30 to 17:00

Exhibition overview

This time, as the first exhibition, we introduce two artists working in Shigaraki. One is Sakai Kiyoshi, working at Shigaraki Youth Dormitory; the other is Shigaraki ware artist Tani Q. Both use the same Shigaraki clay as their raw material. However, the feel of each works is quite different
In January of 2023, Tani Q had the opportunity to visit the Shigaraki Youth Dormitory, where Sakai works, and they exchanged their works.
We filmed this interaction and scenes of the artist at creation and exhibited them with their works in the exhibition. Through this exhibition, you can appreciate the various of the expression of clay.

Closed every Monday (however, open on holidays and closed on the following Tuesday)

Artists

Sakai Kiyoshi
Tani Q

Directed by
NOTA & &design / les contes

Music
Asami

Commissioned and produced
Shiga Museum of Art.

Artist profile

Sakai Kiyoshi

1948 Born in Osaka
1981 Enters Shigaraki Youth Dormitory
After being employed locally in Osaka he moved to Shigaraki to work at a ceramics company, entering the Shigaraki Youth Dormitory in 1981. Joining the potter division he creates art with faces as his primary motif.

Shigaraki Youth Dormitory HP : https://shigarakikai.or.jp/

Tani Q

1977 Born in Koka, Shiga
2000 Graduated Seian University of Arts and Design school of 3D Modeling
After graduating he studied classical Shigaraki firing methods and impressed by the intentional expression of peeling and white rust creates art intended to reflect modern sensibilities while giving the beholder pause for thought.