The Contemporary Art of Chawan - An International Invitational - June 28 to August 17, 2012

Cavin-Morris Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of ceramic sculpture called THE CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE CHAWAN: An International Invitational. The core of this exhibition comes from a show organized by Robert Fornell and Rick Mahaffey for NSECA called Teaware From the Edge. Both artists have work in the exhibition. We decided to expand the show at Cavin-Morris to include some other sculptors from around the world, focusing on the plastic possibilities of working originality into a revered form.

The chawan has always fascinated us with its references to history, to the possibilities of clay, and to the idea of the teabowl as a spiritual vessel and device containing sacred space; a doorway to contemplation of wabi aesthetics and impermanence, of yugen (mysterious beauty), nature and landscape and place, and the idiosyncratic vision of the artist him or herself.

Included will be the work of Kang Hyo Lee, John Dix, Peter Callas, Jeff Shapiro, Fumio Shimada, Reid Ozaki, Lucien Koonce, Jung Hwan Lee, Shozo Michikawa, Sun Sik Kim, Wasaburo Takahashi, Phil Rodgers, David Pike, Dan Murphy, Lisa Hammond, Shiro Tsujimura, Akira Satake, Richard Milgrim, Young Ki Min. Soon Taek Oh, Chuck Hindes, Toshio Ohi, Richard Bresnahan, Tim Rowan, Judith Duff, Tae Kwan Ryu, Steve Saur, Osamu Inayoshi, John Benn, Robert Fornell, Young Sik Kim, Woong Taek Choi, Ki Bong Jeong, Rick Mahaffey, Shigamasa Higashida, Mike Weber, Kentaro Kawabata, Tom Charbit, Touri Maruyama, Paul Drapkin, Kei Tsujimura, Yoh Tanimoto, Takao Okazaki, Derek Larsen, Hideo Matsumoto, Ryoji Koie, Gyozo Furuse

For further information: Please contact Shari Cavin, Mimi Kano, or Randall Morris at 212 226 3768, e: info@cavinmorris.com.

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