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From: Sara Japanese Pottery <MIII=Milla> Subject: Visiting Paul Chaleff Studio 3/24/2018 Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:18:16 +0000 Celebrate 3oth Anniversary Visiting Paul Chaleff Studio *El$;111—ffiTiz,V)tl-. EFTA00540635 Ceramic Slabs on the wall called "Tablets" EFTA00540636 Paul. Haesook, Kumi, and Nana Visiting Paul Chaleff Studio 3/24/2018 Follow the GPS ... we drove on mountain roads snow still remaining. Through ranches and farmland we arrived at Paul's studio in Ancram, NY. As per the instruction from his email, we parked our car and walked into his studio; as soon as we stepped in, we caught sight of huge objects: two 7 feet tall boulders facing each other. It was one of his ceramic pieces. Through the studio space ... we kept made our way to the next room which was a large gallery space. On the wall there was a series of four by four foot ceramic panels called "tablets": on the floor, three-dimensional sculpture art pieces were laid out. It reminded us of the Dia Beacon Museum. A gasp and a sigh came from Nana Yamasaki who was with us. This signaled to Paul that we were there and he made his appearance from a back room. EFTA00540637 With a full of smile he welcomed us. We were invited into the living space at the back. The design was a pleasing functional space. Through a window we saw a beautiful clear blue sky and snow- covered field. Throughout, the room was filled with his collection of his friends' art pieces. View from the window : His ceramic monument "11.11" Paul will be 71 years old next month. He teaches at a Hofstra University twice a week and lives his life between at an apartment in Brooklyn and the studio/ house upstate with his wife Haesook who is also a university professor. He was born the son of a baker in the Bronx in 1947. He studied at the Bronx High School of Science, CCNY, and CUNY. His path to art was opened up by one of his professors' recommendation to follow his talent, when he saw his drawings for a biology class. In 1972 he was greatly impressed by ceramics made by Rosanjin at the Japan EFTA00540638 Society. After a suggestion to go to Japan from Rand Castile, he was helped by the calligrapher Kampo Harada. He ended up working with Takashi Nakazato, the 13th generation of Karatsu pottery family. The potter Shigeyoshi Morioka and Paul were a part of Takashi's early independent wood firing with the Ryuta-kiln. His encounter with these people drew him into the beauty of the Japanese world. He returned to US and built a ANAGAMA wood-fired kiln in 1977. It was the 2nd Japanese-style ANAGAMA wood fired kiln in US. We heard Joy Brown, who studied with Shigeyoshi Morioka, also greatly supported Paul's work. By the way, the first ANAGAMA wood fired kiln was built by Peter Callas in NJ just six months before Paul's kiln. His newest work " Wrestler" In 1980, he was at the Metropolitan Museum looking at a showcase of Japanese pottery and noticed a mistake on the written description of one piece of Sueki. He explained the mistake to a gentleman who happened to be standing by and talking to EFTA00540639 Paul. It turned out that he was the Director of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, Arthur Drexler. He knew about Paul through Rand Castile. Later MoMA purchased four of his wood-fired works and placed them into the permanent collection. His pieces have continued to be collected by multiple museums. Dishes from his old friends, Malcolm Wright, Shigeyoshi Morioka, etc. Malcolm Wright studied at Karatsu with Tarouemon-kiln from 1968 to 1970, Paul Chaleff worked with Shigeyoshi Morioka and Takashi Nakazato in 1976 and 1977. Richard Bresnahan from Minnesota, Bob Okazaki from the US, Felix Strohmeier from Austria, and a Norwegian, Soren Ubish were all friends who worked with Nakazato and Morioka in the mid-1970's. Felix passed away in 1977. When you talk about the history of Japanese pottery in the United States, you cannot skip these people. EFTA00540640 - Naoki Uemura "The Nuts" Please visit our web shop to see Paul Chaleff's " Nut" EFTA00540641 冏 スタジオ訪問記 ポール シャリフ 3月24日2018 年 V溶iting Pa山Cha嶮if Studio 3 24 2018 名残雪の山道をGPSを頼りに牧場や、畑を抜けてポールさんのスタジ才に到着し た。 E メールの指示通I)車を停めドアを開けて中に入ると、し＼きなり巨大な作品が目に 飛び込んで来た。高さ2mもあろうとit ＼う岩がふたつ向き合ってit ＼るようなセラミ ックの作品だ。 スタジオスペースを抜けて次の部屋へ進むと、そこは大きなギャラリースペース。 壁には‘Iタブレット“と呼ばれる大きな陶板のシリーズ、床には3Dの彫刻作品が並ぶ さまはディアビーコンミュージア厶を思わせる。 －緒に行った山崎ナナさんの感嘆の声に気づし＼たのか、奥の部屋からポールシャリ フ氏が登場した。 変わらぬ満面の笑みで僕らを迎えてくれた。 EFTA00540642 ギャラリースペースの奥のリビングスペースに招かれると、そこは機能的にデザイ ンされた空間だった。 窓から見える景色、抜けるような青空と雪に覆われたフィールドが美しし＼。 部屋のあちこちに数々のアートコレクション、所縁の人々の作った作品が並ぺられ てし＼る。 来月71歳になるというポールさん。週に2日、フォスター大学で教鞭をとってい る。 ブルックリンのアパートとアップステイトの自宅兼スタジオをやはり大学教授の奥 樣、ヘイスークさんと行き来する生活をしてし＼る。 1947 年、ブロンクスのベーカリーの家に生まれ、ブロンクスサイエンス高校、 CCN1YとCUNYに通った。 バイ才口ジーの勉強のために描し＼た絵を教授が見てアートの道を勧められたとし＼ う 。 1972 年、ポールはジャバンソサ工ティーで魯山人の焼き物の肌合''Iに感銘を受 ける。工イジアンアートの学芸員ランドカスティーリに日本行きを勧められ、書遒 家の原田観峰の助けを得て日本に行き、唐津の中里家13 代目世代の隆の独立の頃 の隆太窯の最初の窯焚きを森岡成好らと手がけることになる。 この頃人々との出会いがポールを日本の美の世界に引き込む事になった。 アメリカに戻って穴窯を建てた。1977 年、アメリカで2番目の穴窯だったとU ,' う。森岡成好のところで勉強してし＼たジョイブラウンの助けも大きかったと聞し＼て ''Iる。ちなみに－番古いのは、ニュージャージーのピーターカラスの穴窯、わずか 半年前の事。 1980 年、メトロポリタンミュージアムにできた日本の須恵器の展示ケースを覗 き込んでIiたポールは、記述の誤りに気づく。たまたまそばにいた紳士がポールに 話しかけ、ポールはその誤りにつし＼て説明したとし＼う。 その人がデザイン部門をMoMAに設立した学芸員のアーサードレクスラーであっ た。アーサーはポールのことをランドカスティーリに聞いて知っていたとU ,'う。 MoMAはポールの薪窯の作品を4点買い上げ、パーマネントコレクションとした。 その後、ポールの作品は数々のミュージアムにコレクションされる事になる。 1968 年から70 年に唐津、太郎右衛門窯で修行したマルコムライト、1976, 1977年、中里隆の隆太窯の最初の窯焚きを森岡成好らとともに手がけたポールシャ リフ。 その仲間たちのミネソタのリチャードパーズナ八ン、同じくアメリカ人のボブ岡 崎、オーストリア人のフエリックスストーメイヤー、ノルウ工－人のソーレンウー ベツシュ。皆、中里、森岡の窯で働''Iた。フエリックスは、1977 年に不慮の事 故で他界。 今、日本の陶芸の歴史を語る時、彼らの存在を忘れてはならなし＼。 EFTA00540643 follow on Blog I friend on Facebook I visit our site unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Sara Japanese Pottery 950 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10021 (69th an 212-772-3243 This email was sent to why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Sara Japanese Pottery • 950 Lexington Ave. • New York, Ny 10021 • USA EFTA00540644