Avant-garde potter Suzuki dies at 74.TOKYO, April 9 Kyodo Osamu Suzuki, an experimental ceramist who helped found the Sodeisha group of avant-garde potters, died Monday of cancer of the esophagus at a hospital in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, his family said. He was 74. Born in Kyoto in 1926, Suzuki formed Sodeisha with other avant-garde potters such as Kazuo Yagi ya·gi n. pl. ya·gis A directional radio and television antenna consisting of a horizontal conductor with several insulated dipoles parallel to and in the plane of the conductor. in 1948. He himself was known for freeform free·form adj. 1. Having or characterized by a usually flowing asymmetrical shape or outline: freeform sculpture. 2. ceramic works that were purely decorative. He received the golden award in 1962 at the International Ceramic Art This article is about artwork made out of clay. For ceramic materials and uses in general, see Ceramic. Ceramics and ceramic art in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired into the hardened ceramic form. Exhibition in Prague and the Japan Art Academy Award in 1998. He also taught at the Kyoto City University of Arts This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , where he was appointed professor in 1979 and retired in 1992. |
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