Sokyo Lisbon

EN — Sokyo Lisbon is excited to be part of with Landscapes’s group exhibition.
On Thursday (10), from 6 to 8pm, we will host an opening cocktail.
On Friday and Saturday, at 3, 5 and 6pm, we will be hosting guided tours of the show!

PT — É com imenso prazer que integramos a programação da Lisbon Art Weekend com a exposição de grupo Landscapes.
Na Quinta-Feira (10) convidamos para o cocktail de inauguração da exposição.
Às 15h, 17h e 18h de Sexta-Feira (11) e Sábado (12) faremos visitas guiadas à exposição!
artes

Landscapes: Part 1
11 November — 10 December

On view:

Jun Kaneko
Untitled, 2016
Ceramic
H40.6 × W23.5 × D15.2 cm
(details)

Landscapes: Part 1
11 November — 10 December

On view:

Jun Kaneko
Untitled, 2016
Ceramic
H40.6 × W23.5 × D15.2 cm
(details)

Upcoming exhibition: Landscapes — Part 1
Opening Cocktail on November 10, from 6pm to 8pm
Guided Tours under 's programme: November 11-12 (friday and saturday), 3, 5, 6 pm

Sokyo Lisbon is pleased to announce Landscapes: a journey through tactile landscapes, showing works from five different contemporary artists: Jun Kaneko, Kazuhito Kawai, Kimiyo Mishima, Toru Ishii and Yoon Heechang.

"Landscapes" are called keshiki in Japanese. The appreciation for the tactile qualities of surfaces, shapes and markings – the broader usage of the word keshiki – can be carried over to other objects, including even fabrics. In Landscapes we invite the visitor to discover a wide range of forms and textures – tactile landscapes – in different colors, mediums and dimensions.

Têmporas/テンプラ: from September 21st to November 5th

Ryuichi Ohira
Blue Pineapple with Dolphin, 2022
Wood, paint
43H x 26W x 11D
(detail)

EN - Ohira seems to leave his work’s interpretation to the viewer as he sculpts familiar forms (such as cars and pineapples) but that apparently have no meaning. What connects these shapes is a mystery that not even the artist can or has an interest in solving. The objects simply please him and that is already a good enough reason to create them.

PT - Ohira parece deixar a interpretação da sua obra ao espectador, esculpindo formas familiares (como carros e ananases) mas que aparentemente não têm qualquer significado. O que liga estas formas é um mistério que nem mesmo o artista pode ou tem interesse em resolver. Estes são objetos que simplesmente lhe agradam e isso é uma razão suficientemente boa para os criar.

Têmporas/テンプラ: from September 21st to November 5th

Ryuichi Ohira
Blue Pineapple with Limousine, 2022
Wood, paint
48H x 21W x 11D
(detail)

EN - Obata draws inspiration from an early interest of his: breakdancing. He creates his works not from motivations of art for itself, but because it is a way of exploring dancing, fashion and the way bodies can move.

PT - Obata inspira-se num interesse que o acompanha desde a juventude: breakdancing. O artista cria as suas obras não pela arte em si, mas porque esta é uma forma de explorar a dança, a moda e a maneira como os corpos se podem mover.

Têmporas/テンプラ: from September 21st to November 5th

Taku Obata
Molding
Acrylic paint, acrylic spray, and conte on canvas
40.3H x 40.1W x 3.1D
(detail)

EN
Sokyo Lisbon is excited to be part of Asia Now Art Fair with Yoichi Umetsu solo exhibition.
The Art Fair will be take place at Monnaie de Paris, from October 20 to 23, 2022.

Please make sure you visit us at Booth H01, Cour d'Honneur, Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, Paris 75006, France

PT
É com imenso prazer que anunciamos a participação na feira de arte Asia Now com uma exposição a solo do artista japonês Yoichi Umetsu.
A feira irá acontecer de 20 a 23 de Outubro de 2022, no edifício histórico Monnaie de Paris.

Por favor visite-nos no Stand H01, Pátio de Honra, na seguinte morada:
Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, Paris 75006, France

‼️ The Lisbon Gallery will be closed from October 19 to 24.




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Installation Shot
— Shozo Michikawa

Photography: Juliette Bayen

Installation shot
— Shozo Michikawa

Photography: Juliette Bayen

Installation shot
— Shozo Michikawa

Photography: Juliette Bayen

Upcoming exhibition: Shozo Michikawa
Opening on the 12th of July, with the presence of the Artist

On view:

Shozo Michikawa
Sculptural Form Kohiki, 2022
Stoneware
H16 × W25 × D11 cm
detail

Upcoming exhibition: Shozo Michikawa
Opening on the 12th of July, with the presence of the Artist

On view:

Shozo Michikawa
Sculptural Form Kohiki, 2022
Stoneware
H16 × W25 × D11 cm
detail

Wabi-Sabi is a Japanese aesthetic and worldview accepting transience and imperfection, embracing the beauty in the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. Derived from Buddhist teachings, its central tenets are around asymmetry, simplicity, asperity, and appreciation of the inherent integrity of natural objects and materials. 
Wabi-sabi can be found in many Japanese art forms, such as ceramics, Ikebana (the art of flower arrangement) and the tea ceremony, after Sen no Rikyu redefined it to be centered around these ideals, in the 16th century.  
Implementing the concepts of Wabi-Sabi teaches us that life is not about obtaining perfection but celebrating imperfection. Life is not always a perfect circle. 

Pictures caption

1-3: Ukiyo-e print (woodblock print) depicting the tea ceremony by Mizuno Toshikata, c. 1895.

4: Portrait of Sen no Rikyū by Hasegawa Tōhaku  

5-7:Examples of Wabi-Sabi environments

EN
We are pleased to be a part of Lisbon Art & Antiques Fair which will be held from April 30 to May 8, 2022, at Cordoaria Nacional, in Lisbon.

PT
É com imenso prazer que participaremos na Lisbon Art & Antiques Fair, que se realiza de 30 de Abril a 8 de Maio de 2022, na Cordoaria Nacional, em Lisboa.

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Photography: Juliette Bayen

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Photography: Juliette Bayen

Installation shot
— Vessel or Not?

📸

Fuku Fukumoto
Photography by Katsura Hideya

Fuku pays homage to her heritage through careful composition of the vessel form but it’s
the subversion of this canon, by rendering each piece functionless, that unsettles the
viewer. Each object demands further attention to discern each curve and interception
point.

On view:

Fukumoto Fuku
Beyond
Ceramic
H24 x W46 x D42 cm

Joe Isanako was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1994 and graduated from the
prestigious Tama Art University in 2018 having been commended for her talent on several occasions.
Her work derives from experimentation and observation of interaction between materials. Isanako often uses clay together with glass, metal, stones as well as other elements from the natural world such as sea shells, sea water and leaves and nuts.
“There is change, constancy, and universality every day in temperature, humidity and conditions of people and clay. I breath, touch, feel, and react to the difference between today and yesterday.” It is this considerate integration between clay, nature and time as well as the artist’s agency that offers a variety of expressions and landscapes in Isanako’s sculpture.

EN
Sokyo Lisbon wishes to all of our clients, partners and friends Happy Holidays!

PT
A Sokyo Lisbon deseja a todos os nosso clientes, parceiros e amigos umas Festas Felizes!

#2022

* from December 23 — January 3, the gallery will be opening only by appointment.
Please book your visit by email [email protected] or by phone +351 925552534

"Compared to artificially made brushes and spatulas, natural materials have an unrestrained and uncontrollable power, as if they have a life of their own. Each material has its own unevenness and suppleness, and each time I touch them, I feel as if they pull out a new me inside of me, which greatly influences the colors, shapes, and textures of my works.” — Joe Isanako

On View

0202023over, 2020
Engobe, glaze, gold, silver, stick
H6.5 × W8 × D17 cm

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EN
We are delighted to announce our next exhibition, Transfiguration.
The metamorphic qualities of clay and glass converge in this exhibition through the work of four artists.

PT
É com enorme prazer que anunciamos a próxima exposição, Transfiguration.
As qualidades metamórficas do barro e do vidro convergem nesta exposição através do trabalho de quatro artistas.

EN The sense of belonging or alienation is very present in the works of Kazuhito Kawai, whose familirity in the names given is the gateway to empathetic interpretation for the observer.

PT O sentido de pertença ou de alienação estão muito presentes nas obras de Kazuhito Kawai, cuja familiaridade dos nomes dados é a porta de entrada para uma interpretação própria e empática para quem as observa.

On View

It’s a small world, 2021
Ceramic
H30 x W25 x D25 cm
(Detail)

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EN Sokyo Lisbon is excited to be part of Lisbon Art Weekend with Kazuhito Kawai’s exhibition Riding for a Fall.
On Saturday and Sunday between 2pm and 6pm we will be hosting guided tours of the show! Places are limited, to confirm a time slot contact [email protected].

PT É com imenso prazer que integramos a programação da Lisbon Art Weekend com a exposição Riding for a Fall de Kazuhito Kawai.
Entre as 14h e as 18h de Sábado e Domingo faremos visitas guiadas à exposição! Os lugares são limitador, para confirmar uma sessão contacte [email protected]

EN
Dynamic, fragile, overwhelming, irregular, creative, comical, grotesque. These are strong words that are often used to describe Kazuhito Kawai’s sculptures.
“The sculptures cocoon my emotions and memories”. Using personal memories and pop culture references, Kawai’s pieces are also self-portraits of the artist, capturing and keeping emotions such as nostalgia and longing, which end up infecting the viewer, evoking their own memories and interpretations through their titles.

PT
Dinâmico, frágil, esmagador, irregular, criativo, cómico, grotesco. Estas são palavras fortes que muitas vezes são utilizadas para descrever as esculturas de Kazuhito Kawai.
“As esculturas encasulam as minhas emoções e memórias”. Recorrendo a memórias pessoais e a referências da cultura pop, as peças de Kawai são também autorretratos do artista, captando e guardando emoções como nostalgia e saudade, mas que acabam por contagiar o observador, evocando as suas próprias lembranças e interpretações através dos seus títulos.

On view:

Donatella, 2020
Ceramic
H33 × W23.5 × D28 cm

Visit link in bio for more information or DM us.



Photography: Juliette Bayen

EN
Kazuhito Kawai was born in 1984 in Ibaraki, Japan. A while after studing Arts at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London (BA.HONS), he returned to Japan and focused on ceramics. He graduated in 2018 at the Kasama College of Ceramic Art, Ibaraki, Japan. Kawai is one of the most praised emerging artists working with clay in contemporary art mainly because he succeeded to update the possibilities of expression through the ceramic material, going on a completely different path from ceramic tradition. The multiple layers of Kawai’s works show a constant dialogue between him and the clay, and also between him and the world around him.

PT
Kazuhito Kawai nasce a 1984 em Ibaraki, Japão. Após completar o curso de Arte no Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of London, retorna ao Japão e em 2018 completa o curso de Cerâmica na prestigiada Kasama College em Ibaraki. Kawai apresenta-se como um dos artistas contemporâneos mais fascinantes a emergir do Japão e a trabalhar com cerâmica. Seguindo um caminho oposto ao da tradição, conseguiu elevar as possibilidades da matéria ao serviço da expressão plástica. As múltiplas camadas das suas construções revelam o diálogo contínuo e constante entre o artista, a cerâmica e o mundo que os rodeia.

To find out more about his work visit his exhibition Riding for a Fall at Sokyo Lisbon or online at viewing rooms. Link in bio!

Now open: Kazuhito Kawai - Riding for a Fall

On view:
White, 2021
Ceramic
17 x 20 x 19 cm
(detail)

Now open: Kazuhito Kawai - Riding for a Fall

On view:
White, 2021
Ceramic
17 x 20 x 19 cm
(detail)