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L’art de la simplicité
« Quand vous devenez si absorbé par votre travail que la beauté en surgit naturellement, votre travail devient une véritable œuvre d’art »
KAWAI Kanjirô dans son essai Nous ne travaillons pas seuls (1953).
Potier, céramiste, calligraphe, graveur, poète, philosophe… KAWAI Kanjirô (1890-1966) fait partie de ces personnages insaisissables. Membre du mouvement mingei dit de « l’art populaire », initié par son ami YANAGI Soetsu (1889-1961) en 1926, il fait l’apologie de la simplicité, du naturel et de la qualité. Façonnant des objets du quotidien, il y impose sa touche si particulière, frisant parfois le chaos asymétrique, alors tout à fait à l’opposé des valeurs du mingei. Passé maître en vernis, il renonce à l’utilisation de ceux en provenance d’Europe pour inventer ses propres mélanges naturels dans des couleurs depuis identifiées à lui comme le rouge cuivré ou le fer brun.
Dans sa volonté de s’effacer derrière ses œuvres, il ne les a jamais signées : « mon travail, lui-même, est ma meilleure signature ». De son vivant déjà un artiste adulé auquel le statut de « trésor national vivant » fut proposé mais qu’il rejeta, la ferveur pour ses réalisations ne s’arrêta pas à sa mort. Sa maison à Kyoto, ainsi que l’atelier attenant, présentent aujourd’hui certains de ses travaux et ses collections d’art populaire. Tenu par des parents de l’artiste, ce musée nous introduit dans son univers, côtoyant Japon traditionnel et modernité occidentale dans des pièces arrangées selon les deux styles. Inspirant et inspiré, KAWAI Kanjirô incarne le désir qu’a l’homme de mener une vie simple, en ce monde qui ne cesse d’imposer la sophistication.
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Kawai Kanjirō (河井 寛次郎, 24 August 1890 - 18 November 1966) was a Japanese potter and a key figure in mingei (Japanese folk art) and studio pottery movements, which included Bernard Leach, Shōji Hamada, Kenkichi Tomimoto, Shikō Munakata, Keisuke Serizawa, and Tatsuzō Shimaoka, among others.
Gosu (cobalt) vase with slip-trailing decoration by Kawai Kanjiro. Image taken October 2010 by www.eocene-arts.com
Becoming interested in pottery as a child by watching a nearby farmer who made pottery in his spare time, Kawai-san knew by the age of 16 that he wanted to become a potter. Kanjirō graduated from the Tokyo Higher Polytechnical School in 1914 and worked briefly at the Kyoto Research Institute for Ceramics. Hamada Shoji, whom he first met in Tokyo, followed Kawai to Kyoto, where the two are said to have conducted over 10,000 experiments on glazes. Disillusioned with what he felt was an unnecessarily excessive focus on studying theory at both schools, in 1920 he built his own kiln in Kyoto (a climbing kiln "noborigama") "the Shokeiyo, with eight chambers, began the "Kawai Factory" and began to give exhibitions.
Kawai was trained in the use of chemical glazes and gained wide recognition for their use while still in his early twenties. But he was ultimately dissatisfied with this early work and, thanks in large part to a chance encounter with Yanagi Soetsu and Hamada Shoji, turned instead to natural glazes, to nature, or "to the science that precedes all science - and a return to nature was my salvation". He is widely regarded as a master of glazes, especially of warm red copper (shinsha or yuriko - one of his trademark colors), rich brown iron (tetsu-yu), chrome and cobalt (gosu).
As a potter he sought to combine modern methods of manufacture with traditional Japanese and English designs. He was also an artist, calligrapher, sculptor, writer and philosopher. As a man who respected the dignity of simplicity and collected the works of poor craftspeople from all over Asia, he admired "ordered poverty" and had a profound love for the unpretentious men of the soil and made their simplicity a part of himself. His pots come in many asymmetrical shapes and show expressionistic techniques such as tsutsugaki (slip-trailed decoration), ronuki (wax-resist) or hakeme (white slip).
Kanjirō refused all official honours, including the designation of Living National Treasure, and his pots were unsigned. His pieces are on display in the Folk Art Museum of Tokyo and each year, the Takashimaya Department Store had an exhibition of his work in their Tokyo and Osaka shops. In November 1953, Kawai-san had one of his biggest exhibitions. It was at the Korin Kaku in Tokyo and over 500 of his pieces were shown.
This image represents a character who only plays in some of our casts: The Philosopher.
This character is the most unsung hero of the entire cast collection. Not only is the Philosopher rarely utilized but his very existence is barely known, buried 6ft under stigma. To paraphrase Seneca; the Philosopher builds the personality, orders one's life, regulates one's conduct and sits at the helm, keeping one on the correct course despite being tossed about in perilous seas.
Through their flow of constant rationality, they're able to analyze our behavioural thought patterns and in short, reveal what we ought to do and what we ought to not.
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In reflection of humankind, I no longer see any soul or overall governing self in individuals. There is no Jay Cloud, there is only a network of characters and desires competing for attention and control.
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands with a population of 872,680[12] within the city proper, 1,380,872 in the urban area and 2,410,960 in the metropolitan area. Found within the province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", attributed by the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Amsterdam's name derives from Amstelredamme, indicative of the city's origin around a dam in the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world in the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century and became the leading centre for finance and trade. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded, and many new neighbourhoods and suburbs were planned and built. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sloten, annexed in 1921 by the municipality of Amsterdam, is the oldest part of the city, dating to the 9th century.
As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha-world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, including Philips, AkzoNobel, TomTom and ING. Also, many of the world's largest companies are based in Amsterdam or have established their European headquarters in the city, such as leading technology companies Uber, Netflix and Tesla. In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer. The city was ranked 4th place globally as top tech hub in the Savills Tech Cities 2019 report (2nd in Europe), and 3rd in innovation by Australian innovation agency 2thinknow in their Innovation Cities Index 2009. The Port of Amsterdam is the fifth largest in Europe. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands, and the third busiest in Europe. Famous Amsterdam residents include the diarist Anne Frank, artists Rembrandt and Van Gogh, and philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in the world. Amsterdam's main attractions include its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, the Concertgebouw, the Anne Frank House, the Scheepvaartmuseum, the Amsterdam Museum, the Heineken Experience, the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Natura Artis Magistra and Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam. They draw more than 5 million international visitors annually. The city is also well known for its nightlife and festival activity; several of its nightclubs (Melkweg, Paradiso) are among the world's most famous. It is also one of the world's most multicultural cities, with at least 177 nationalities represented
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In the peaceful solitude of its secluded position it is possible to imagine just how Forde Abbey looked to many of its previous owners, from its mediaeval beginnings to the present day: monks going about their daily round of work and prayer; prosperous parliamentary gentlemen discussing the cavalier threat; gifted philosophers debating the imponderable; elegant Victorian ladies fanning themselves by the fireside; and country gentlemen going about their work on the estate. Each part of Forde Abbey’s history can be clearly read in the architecture and structure of the house and garden. It is a living testament to the people who have lived and worked here over the past nine centuries, and makes it one of the most fascinating buildings in the country.
Kind of an awkward question.
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Rambling up the southern side of the Heiligenberg, across the Neckar from the castle, one will find the Philosopher's Walk. Its name, it is said, stems from the fact that university professors and philosophers walked there, perhaps using the solitude of the forest and the incredible views of the city and surrounding area for inspiration. If you visit Heidelberg during the summer months, you will notice an interesting feature about the Philosopher's Walk – it has a climate which is much more temperate, almost Mediterranean-like, than that of the valley. In fact, you will see many plants growing here that normally cannot thrive in the northern, more milder weather, such as lemon trees, pomegranates, cypresses, and palm trees...
...taken at the CCIB, Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, during the EACTS Annual Meeting...
Barcelona, Spain...
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We happened to meet the three of us: the intruder, the bird and this amazing spotlight. I say I was the luckiest...
View of Dugald Stewart Monument, Edinburgh (Scotland, October 2016)
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Le cercle des Philosophes disparus, Vue du Dugald Stewart Monument à Edimbourg (Ecosse, Octobre 2016)
The text in english is: " Things are born, grow up, disappear and come back with the same infinite movement of love"...Amerindian Wisdom.
(I hope the translation is good, if not, please let me know and correct me, thank you! :)
En français: "Les choses naissent, grandissent, disparaissent et reviennent avec le même mouvement infini d'amour"...Sagesse Amerindienne
The entrance to the prison la Modelo in Barcelona. This penitentiary was open in 1904 as an exemplary center. It was designed by Salvador Vinyals Sabaté i Josep Domènech Estapà according the ideas of the philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham. It was finally closed in June 2017.
North wing of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; behind this door is the Philosopher's Gallery event space. This is the original 1914 building designed by the firm Darling and Pearson. Intruding on it is the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal designed by Daniel Libeskind and opened in 2007.