Morino Taimei 森野泰明 b. 1934
H29.4 x W26.6 x D13.7cm
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Kyoto-born Morino Taimei 森野泰明 (b. 1934)’s repertoire consists of colourful, polychrome geometric motifs that translate traditional Kyoto glaze methods into contemporary mediums. Influenced by American Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism in the 1960s, his work follows the tenets of rejecting traditional folk-craft forms observed by the avant-garde group Sodeisha. His works have been collected extensively in museum collections, such as that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musee des Decoratifs and many others.
His modernist take on art, craft, and design shines in this Turkish blue jar “God of Wind.” Diagonal lines that decorate the surface of this vessel cuts through the matte blue ceramic glaze, adding a sense of dynamism and movement to the piece: the verticality of this geometric and pictorial embellishment also visually elongates the piece. This is a tasteful example of the use of Geometric Abstraction in modern ceramic history.