Tuesday, 16th February 2010, 6.00pm
Goldsmiths’ Hall
Foster Lane
London
EC2V 6BN
Free for Japan Society members (booking essential)
The exhibition at Goldsmith’s Hall runs from
8 Feb – 6 March, 2010

Goldsmiths’ Hall has invited Japan Society members to join a special artist’s talk on the occasion of the exhibition of silver vessels by internationally acclaimed Japanese silversmith Hiroshi Suzuki.

In the ten years since graduating from the RCA, Suzuki has taken the silver design world by storm. His rise to prominence has been remarkable and his work today can be found in the permanent collections of the V&A; National Museum of Scotland; Museum für Künst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; and the Museum of Arts and Design, New York among others. It’s not just the superlative skill of his craftsmanship but the monumental size of the majority of his pieces that make his work so unique.

Rosemary Ransome Wallis, Curator of Collections at Goldsmiths’ Hall has said of Suzuki: ‘His considerable contribution to contemporary silver is that ultimately it is Hiroshi’s poetry which defines his work. Working within the Japanese tradition of spirituality of natural elements such as wind, fire and water Hiroshi makes these abstractions accessible to Western eyes through his sculptural approach to his vessels.’

The majority of works on exhibition are in silver, with a few early pieces in copper and other metals, however one the show-stopper is a recent piece ‘Aqua=Posey XI Kin’ hammer-raised and chased in 22 carat gold. Several new works have been made especially for the exhibition and will be unveiled for the first time at Goldsmiths’ Hall.

Please  contact the Japan Society office on tel: 020 7828 6330 or email: events@japansociety.org.uk. to reserve your place.

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