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Kondō Takahiro 近藤高弘

Blue Mist Objet

Maker

Kondō Takahiro 近藤高弘 (Japanese, b. 1958 in Kyoto, Japan)

Title

Blue Mist Objet

Year

2004

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

porcelain

Dimensions

80 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (31 1/2 x 4 x 4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

2005.51

Type

Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World
Perspectives from the Ancient Mediterranean, Asia, and Indigenous North America
Oct 22, 2022 – Jun 04, 2023

Label copy

Stone monoliths in Scotland inspired these stacked ceramic forms at left. On the surface, tiny droplets resembling dew reflect the artist’s fascination with water. Kondō Takahiro achieved this effect by applying metallic paint to the glaze before firing.

Explaining that she “wanted to draw the sound of the waves,” Minjung Kim brushed different dilutions of ink onto hanji paper made from mulberry bark.

The resulting painting reminds the artist of the soft rolling hills of South Korea, where she was born.

—WC

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Tombstone

Kondō Takahiro 近藤高弘 (Japanese, b. 1958 in Kyoto, Japan)
Blue Mist Objet, 2004
Porcelain with blue underglaze and silver-mist (gintekisai) overglaze
80 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (31 1/2 x 4 x 4 inches)
Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund 2005.51

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