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Artworks
Taimei Morino (1934-Present)
Tokkuri (sake decanter), Circa 1970Ceramic5 1/2" x 3 1/2 dia."Further images
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Taimei Morino is known primarily as a contemporary artist and a successful one at that. His artworks are included in museum collections across the world, including Met., National Museum of...Taimei Morino is known primarily as a contemporary artist and a successful one at that. His artworks are included in museum collections across the world, including Met., National Museum of modern art Tokyo, Seattle Art museum and others. This sake decanter tells a fascinating story. The conscious effort of making “art” has slipped from his mind, and his memory and a familiar shape of a decanter dominates his mind.
The decanter instead hearkens to Morino’s upbringing in the third generation of a family of potters, to his long and instinctive involvement with the feeling of clay. As a child, he likely wandered into his father’s studio only to be thrown a ball of clay to occupy his curious, active hands. There, the life spanning relationship between Morino’s hands and clay began.
This decanter is a direct and straightforward example of his connection to clay. It is the medium Morino knows as well as his flesh and blood. The result is a sensuous, organic, and understated sake decanter. The small practical object gleams with the splendor of sculpture.
I will put cold Sake to serve at the chic dinner table.
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