Artist Information:
Makoto Hatori
Moriya-Shi,
Japan
Member Since: Jun 2001
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Artist Statement:
An artwork has its own reason-d'etre as an objective substance. The essence of an artwork does not necessarily draw its artistic power from the subjective self of the artist. Conventionally, however, people who try to appreciate an artwork tend to regard the artwork as an expression of internal self of the artist. The conflict between the artist and the recipient, in terms of the artwork, starts from here.
In the era when the religious passion stimulates the imagination in internal self of artists, as, for instance, in painters in Western middle-age, the devout belief in God --- and the internal imagination that accompanies it --- produced numbers of Christian paintings. Painters and people who see them share a universal episteme coming from the Belief, which reflects the completion of the religious doctrine. Buddhism also produced a number of Buddhist artworks for spreading the Buddhist doctrine.
In the present era, where the uniformity of time and space is increasingly under doubt, and being perceived as somthing more chaotic, the external world itself is perceived as containing the artistic image. Thus, the image of internal self is understood to be its shadow, a phantom whose substance exists in the external world. ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Born in 1947 in Japan, Makoto Hatori apprenticed to master potter Ken Fujiwara in 1969. He then earned a degree in sculpture at Nihon University, College of Arts and went on to study technology at the Gifu Prefectural Institute of Ceramics. By 1975, he had established his own studio in...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
"Ancient Style, Modern Sensibility" -by Andy Cordy
Ceramic Review -U.K.- / May June 1993 - Number 141
"Makoto Hatori" - by Shane Enright
Studio Pottery -U.K.- / August Septmber 1993 - Number 4
"Makoto Hatori"
Ceramics monthly -U.S.A.- / Febuary 1994
"Comment un potier japonais voit la position de la ceramique sur...
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Collections:
[ Public Collection ]
The British Museum (UK)
Victoria & Albert Museum (UK)
Stoke-on-Trent City Museum (UK)
Manchester City Art Gallery (UK)
Reading City Museum (UK)
Panevezyo Civic Art Gallery (Lithuania)
The Liturgical Art Gulld (USA)
Zanesville Art Center (USA)
Victorian Ceramic Group Incorporated (Australia)
Pretoria Art Museum (Gauteng, South Africa...
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Makoto Hatori's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Makoto Hatori's Portfolio. Browse Hatori's body of work: An artwork has its own reason-d'etre as an objective substance. The essence of an artwork does not necessarily draw its artistic power from the subjective self of the artist. Conventionally, however, people who try to appreciate an artwork tend to regard the artwork as an expression of internal self of the artist. The conflict between the artist and the recipient, in terms of the artwork, starts from here.
In the era when the religious passion stimulates the imagination in internal self of artists, as, for instance, in painters in Western middle-age, the devout belief in God --- and ... | |
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Spread, 2008 Other Ceramics, 79 x 51 X 19 cm Request Price add to MYabsolutearts collection
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Stream, 2008 Other Ceramics, 106 x 34 X 19 cm Request Price add to MYabsolutearts collection
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Waver, 2008 Other Ceramics, 79 x 53 X 19 cm Request Price add to MYabsolutearts collection
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Behavior Equation, 2008 Other Ceramics, 53 x 42 X 54 cm Request Price add to MYabsolutearts collection
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Stracture, 2008 Other Ceramics, 28 x 47 X 28 cm Request Price add to MYabsolutearts collection
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Relation, 2008 Other Ceramics, 20 x 40 X 20 cm Request Price add to MYabsolutearts collection
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