Art Exhibition: Toshiko Takaezu

The artwork of Japanese ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu will continue the fall art exhibitions. Her work will be on display from November until the end of the semester in the Andruss Library. Takaezu has recently donated 19 ceramic works to the University's Permanent Collection. Some of her past works includ the "Endless Circle", the bell outside of the Andruss Library, and the untitled painting by Tetsura Sowada, which hangs in the stairway of the library, is associated with Takaezu.

Takaezu developed an approach to art that combines techniques and sensibilities of both East and West. Through her mastery of ancient firing techniques, Takaezu's signature forms have become the closed vessel that is rounded to an open and gentle point at the top. They have come in many sizes, with the large pots sometimes being approximately four feet in diameter, while more than six feet tall.

Takaezu studied in Japan with master potter Toyo Kaneshige and in 1967 began teaching at Princeton University, which awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1996.

Takaezu's work has been displayed across the country including permanent collections in the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.