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Authors: Akio Takamori, Garth Clark, Toyojiro Hida, Edward Lebow
Creator: Peter Held
Publisher: Arizona State University Art Museum
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

2 reviews
Sales Rank: 685631

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 151
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.7

ISBN: 0967954789
Dewey Decimal Number: 730.92
EAN: 9780967954783

Publication Date: October 30, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Born and raised in Japan, Akio Takamori has spent the majority of his artistic career in the United States and is regarded as one of the most exciting and imaginative artists to emerge from the golden years of ceramics in the 1980s. After his signature 'envelope' vessels of the 1980s, Takamori turned toward freestanding figures installed in distinctive groupings. These figurative sculptures deliver plain-spoken accounts of the artist's ongoing search for personal and cultural identity in an era of increasingly global influences and contradictions, bringing to the medium deep emotive and psychological connotations. Richly illustrated in colour, "Between Clouds of Memory" presents multiple perspectives on the artist's practice.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

One of the Best I Own July 1, 2008
This is a superb book,in my personal estimation.
It gives me what I was searching for, a review of the artist's work,excellent pictures,and information on the artist's personal history.I am happy when I read what inspired the artist.This book is full of info, but very delicate in handling what he has to say,and when to say it(some works are inspired from Hiroshima,for example.)
I am partial to figurative work,I look at Akio's figures and realise that there is a lot of power to the meaning of "less is more" I am so glad I have it in my personal library,it is a help in conducting myself in where I want to go in my own artmaking.He seems to prefer stoneware,and the thousand year old recipies for glazes.It is daunting to me,but I appreciate his personal history,and dedication to old techniques.This is one artist that will go down in History.
If you love figurative work,I think he is one of the most successful artists in the genre.

5 out of 5 stars

Akio is wunderbar November 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I thought this book was a great collective of Akio's work from his past work with the vessel to his current figurative sculpture. I would highly recommend it for any ceramic artist.

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