Tony
was in an exhibition at the Mueseum of Contemporary Ceramic Art,
Shigaraki,
Japan will be about the history of the Tanuki. He had two sculptures of
Tanukis that he made there in the show.
The curator
of the Shigaraki Museum of Ceramic Art in
Japan, invited Tony to be in an exhibtion of
contemporary figurative ceramics from around
the world. They chose three of his larger than
life size busts for the show called, "Human
Form in Clay - the Minds Eye", March 18th,
2006 - Mid June 2006 at The
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art,
Japan, Shiga Prefectural Shigaraki Ceramic
Cultural Park. Tony was a guest artist
there for five weeks in spring of 2006. Please
see his blog at http://dipnat.blogspot.com The
exhibition includes Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, Robert Brady,
Richard Shaw, Patti Warashina, Peter
Vandenberge, Mark Burns, Akio Takamori, Paul Day, Sarah Scampton, Aldo Rontini,
Gertraud Mohwald, Leiko Ikemura, Schrammel
Imre, Maria Geszler, Arina Ailincal, Philippe
Barde, Ki-joo Lee, Mikang Lim, Ting Ju Shao,
Shin Fujihira, Mokichi Ohtsuka, Takashi
Hinoda. The show will travel to other museums
in Japan and there is a large catalog
available. It went to The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo beginning
in November 2006. The next stop is Shizuoka art gallery in Tokyo. The show
starts April 14, 2007.
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
The
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art
The
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art
The
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art,