I visited the “Soko-kai” exhibition, where Issey Hattori and Koken Murata, two artists exhibiting at Kogei Art KYOTO, are on display at the Kyoto Culture Museum1.
The Soko-kai is a group of Kyoto-based artisans that advocates a free and liberal approach to creative Kogei arts that respects individual artists’ new ideas and creativity and provides a venue for them to showcase their work every year.
At the exhibition, I enjoyed works by 40 artists, including Issey Hattori and Koken Murata, as well as Koh Miyaki, the 33rd Sokokai Grand Prize winner.
Mr. Miyaki is usually an Urushi(Lacquer) Artwork artist, but this time, he exhibited a contemporary artistic application, which was very interesting.
Also on special display this year was the work of Masayuki Imai, a member of Soko-kai and father of Kogei Art KYOTO exhibitor Makimasa Imai, who passed away in March of this year.
The Soko-kai exhibition will be held on the 5th floor of the Kyoto Culture Museum until November 26 (Sun.).
