Today's post will show you that the notion about traditional
arts being a very rigid artform is just plain wrong. It's a common
misconception that traditional arts don't change, and that they don't lend
themselves to modern concepts. For example, people think that traditional
ceramics are only meant to be copies of previous masterpieces, but Keiko
Masumoto begs to differ and creates a tasteful blend between the traditional
and modern. In some sense, her ceramic works show an interesting clash: a
collision between the modern and the traditional culture in the most literal
sense.
Her traditional pots, vases and plates are infused with
unexpected elements, like floral pieces, animals, and other seemingly random
objects, ones which we don't associate with ceramics at all. These clashes of
form and function, classics and modernity that permeate each of her ceramic art
pieces resolve themselves in a quite surreal result appreciated by many.
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