Shinichi Sawada : Agents of Clay

Author: Sawada, Shinichi
For the last two decades Sawada has worked to produce alluring, mesmerizing figures: often hybrid creatures densely patterned with chopstick-traced lines and painstakingly applied bumps, horns and “scales.” This publication features approximately 20 of Sawada’s sculptures, creating a fantastical array of forms and features that echo elements of outsider art history while also offering the opportunity to explore the millennia-old tradition of the Shigaraki kilns where Sawada works.The first solo exhibition of work by the Japanese ceramicist Shinichi Sawada is co-presented by Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sawada began creating ceramics in 2000 at Nakayoshi Fukushikai as part of a government program to help physically challenged and/or neuro-divergent individuals find employment and sustain independent and productive lives.

ISBN 9780997736465. Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis/The Mint Museum. pb. 64 pages. 45 colour ills. 25.4 x 20.3 cm.