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The concept of my work in general is " facing the tradition".
It is obvious that so called " traditional Japanes" arts, formalised and castrated,... and supported by narrowly closed group of people who support one another under the guise of " tradition"... cannot be universal. However, European and America people consciously or unconsciouly praise them under the mentality of " orientalisum" , in which they portray what they want to see in Japan, frequently neglecting the obvious fact and reality in Japan. This contributes to the maintenance of so called " traditional Japanese" arts.
The distinction of agrarian culture and hunting cluture is sometimes emphasised within this context, attributing the fine-|grained techniques to the former while overall creativity to the latter. Japan is portrayed as a representative of the former, both by Japanese traditional artists and foreign people.
However, in the current age of networking, it is becoming more and more clear that this stereotypical framework is nothing more than a mutually supported illusion. I am " hunting" the universal value of beauty through pottery. I don' t follow the" tradition" nor simply flight it, but am facing the Japanese tradition simply because there it is as a basic environment of my life. I wish I could contribute to the transnatinal communication of arts without sticking to the castrated Japanese " tradition" while at the same time without getting rid of a simple fact that I am a Japanese.
[Makoto Hatori's Critical Essays]
http://www.box.net/shared/spd2anhgdp
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Professional history
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Makoto Hatori apprenticed to master potter Ken Fujiwara in 1969. He then earned a degree in sculpture at Nihon University, College of Arts and went on to study technology at the Gifu Prefectural Institute of Ceramics. By 1975, he had established his own studio in Ibaraki region in eastern Japan, where he still works today.
Since 1978 the artist has participated in numerous exhibitions in Japan, Italy, Great Britain, New Zealand, Egypt, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, U.S.A., Croatia, South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Estonia, Korea, Spain, Hungary. 1992, he taught ceramics at Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Art and Design. 1994~1996, Makoto is member of Contemporary Applied Arts in England. 1996,98 Invited to International Ceramic
Symposium by Lithuania Panevezyo City Council. 1997 Invited to "Earth and Fire" Craft Potters Association Great Britain. 2006 Invited to " Woodfiring symposium" - Organized program for 2006- by International Ceramics Studio in Hungary. 2007 Invited to International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association (ICMEA) by ICMEA and FuLe International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, Shaanxi, China. He has published a number of articles and reviews on ceramic art. His works are included in the collections of South African, Korean, Hungarian, UK museums. Currently he works as a studio artist.
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| Ceramics | Mixed media |
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Victoria & Albert Museum (U.K.)
Stoke-on-Trent City Museum (U.K.)
Reading City Museum (U.K.)
Manchester City Art Gallery (U.K.)
Panevezys Civic Art Gallery (Lithuania)
The Liturgical Art Guild (U.S.A.)
Zanesville Art Center (U.S.A.)
Victorian Ceramic Group (Australia)
Pretoria Art Museum, Gauteng (South Africa)
Inchon World Ceramic Center (Korea)
Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University (U.S.A.)
Ceramic Study Center ( Belgium )
International Ceramics Studio ( Hungary )
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