Major exhibition on Chinese ceramic works opens; Warhol mini-exhibit also on display

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum opened the exhibition, “Masterpieces of Chinese Ceramics,” in its Main Building complex. The art and craft of porcelain making was born in China some 10,000 years ago along the banks of the Yellow River, home to one of the world’s four great civilizations. The exhibition features 125 pieces—including two very rare and priceless works—created during the first 4,500 years of China’s ceramic ascendancy that have been specially selected from TFAM’s private collection.

The exhibition was first shown in September 2012 at The Museum of Ceramic Art in Hyogo prefecture to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the restoration of China-Japan diplomatic ties. The exhibition’s opening at TFAM thus represents a genuine “homecoming” and rare opportunity for viewers to sample the beauty, wonder and skill of the world’s finest ceramic artists firsthand.

On January 9, TFAM also opened the mini-exhibition, “Andy Warhol: Paintings and Lithographs by the Pop Art Master.” The iconic American painter and printmaker saw his acclaim ascend from the 1960s to the 1980s, often seen wearing his trademark silver wig. The TFAM exhibition features ten of his works, including Campbell’s Soup and lithographs of such famous celebrities as Marilyn Monroe and Jack Nicklaus, along with works by Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Indiana.