June 3–August 10, 2014

Considered to be the most famous contemporary wood tableware artist in Japan, Ryuji Mitani has inspired a generation of woodworkers, setting into motion a new post=mingei art movement called Seikatsu Kogei. He has written close to a dozen books about craft and has exhibited in countless galleries and museums all over Japan and abroad; this was his first North American exhibition.

 

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