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The ceramic artwork of a Japanese artist is to be on display Nov. 8-Dec. 15 at the Dublin Arts Council, 7125 Riverside Drive.
The exhibition “Pattern-Form-Function/New Variations” showcases the artwork of Masayuki Miyajima and features handcrafted stoneware and porcelain objects, carved and inlayed in a variety of patterns.
The gallery at the Dublin Arts Council can be viewed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. The exhibition, on-site parking and open houses are free and open to the public.
Open houses and an opportunity to meet Miyajima are to occur from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 8 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 10.
Miyajima is to host a workshop from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Registration is required for the workshop. For further information about the workshop, visit dublinarts.org.
The exhibition is supported in part by underwriting from Hidaka USA, Inc., and has continuing support from the city of Dublin, the Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, according to Janet Cooper, director of engagement for the Dublin Arts Council.
Miyajima’s studio and kiln are in the town of Motegi, in the Tochigi Prefecture of Japan, near Mashiko, one of Dublin’s “Friendship Cities,” Cooper said.
The artist’s work was also on display at an exhibit three years ago at the Dublin Arts Council.
“My continuing focus is on making shapes that function well and to pair those shapes with surfaces that fascinate me,” Miyajima said through the Dublin Arts Council.
“Work for this upcoming exhibition may look similar to work from previous shows and yet in the three years since my last exhibition, it has naturally changed and developed.
“I make new variations of familiar pattern and form, pushing material, organizing and reorganizing patterns, continually experimenting with glaze, surface, color, material and form.”
Miyajima has a lengthy relationship with the Dublin Arts Council, visiting from Japan to exhibit his artwork every few years, Cooper said.
His wife, Darice Veri, is an American ceramist and educator, and has served on the Dublin Arts Council’s teaching faculty in the past, Cooper said.
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