中村 康平 / Kohei Nakamura
中村康平（1948年金沢生まれ）は、九谷焼の名工・中村梅山を父に持ち、多摩美術大学彫刻科を卒業後、独創的な陶芸オブジェを発表し国際的に高い評価を得てきました。作品はニューヨークのメトロポリタン美術館や京都国立近代美術館などに収蔵されています。近年は「茶碗」の領域に挑み、茶人・林屋晴三の視点を汲み取りつつ、古典の「写し」を起点に独自の美意識を昇華。茶碗を「思考する器」と捉え、伝統と現代を融合させた造形を追求しています。オブジェ作家から茶碗作家へと歩みを進めるその姿勢は、工芸と現代美術の交点に新たな可能性を示しています。
Kohei Nakamura (b. 1948, Kanazawa), son of the distinguished Kutani ware master Baizan Nakamura, graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Tama Art University. He first gained international recognition through his avant-garde ceramic objects, which were highly acclaimed and acquired by major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. In recent years, he has turned his focus to the realm of the tea bowl (chawan), engaging with the perspective of the late tea connoisseur Seizo Hayashiya. Beginning with the practice of “utsushi” (faithful re-creations of classical works), Nakamura has sublimated his own aesthetic sensibility. Viewing the tea bowl as a “Vessel of Thought,” he seeks to harmonize tradition and contemporaneity. His progression from object artist to tea bowl artist demonstrates new possibilities at the intersection of Japanese craft (kogei) and contemporary art.
Public Collection
The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, Japan), The National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto, Japan), Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum (Yamaguchi, Japan), Shiga Museum of Art (Shiga, Japan), The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (Wakayama, Japan),
The Japan Foundation (Tokyo, Japan), The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Shiga, Japan), 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan), Nomura Art Museum (Kyoto, Japan), "Japan House" Museum of Modern Art (Argentina),
The Everson Museum of Art (New York, USA), The Mint Museum (North Carolina, USA), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA), The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Texas, USA) and others
＊珠玉の逸品 / Supreme Masterpiece
