Perrotin is delighted to make its debut at Art Collaboration Kyoto with a two-person booth featuring Paris-based artist Johan Creten and Japanese artist Izumi Kato.
Creten is a key figure in the revival of ceramics in contemporary art, creating highly symbolic, intricate sculptures that explore themes ofnature and metamorphosis. His work not only highlights the importanceof beauty but also resonates socially and politically, showcasing hishumanist values.
Kato’s enigmatic paintings and sculptures blur the boundaries between the human and the supernatural. His magical beings offer viewersreflections of themselves, embodying a universal form of humanitybased on intuition rather than reason.
The works of the two artists in our booth establish a dialogue between primal expression and mysterious fascination.
Concurrently, Izumi Kato will be featured in a two-person exhibition alongside Bosco Sodi at the historic Ryosokuin Zen Temple, titled 黙:Speaking in Silence, from November 2 to 17, 2024.
ペロタンはArt Collaboration Kyotoに初参加し、パリを拠点に活動するアーティストのヨハン・クレテンと日本人アーティスト、加藤泉による二人展を開催いたします。
クレテンは現代美術における陶芸復活の先駆者として、自然と変化のテーマを探求する、象徴的で複雑な彫刻を制作しています。その作品は美の重要性を強調するだけでなく、社会的、政治的にも共鳴を生むものであり、クレテンのヒューマニストとしての価値観を指し示しています。
加藤の謎めいた絵画や彫刻は、人間と超自然の境界を曖昧にするものです。加藤が描く神秘的な存在は、理性よりも直感に基づいた普遍的な人間性の形を体現しており、見る者に自らを投影させます。
ペロタンブースに並ぶ二人のアーティストの作品は、原始的な表現と神秘的な魅力の対話を創り出します。
なお、2024年11月2日から17日まで、京都の建仁寺の塔頭寺院である両足院にて、加藤泉とボスコ・ソディの二人展「黙: Speaking in Silence」を開催いたします。
Born in 1963 in Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Lives and works in Paris, France
A key figure in the revival of ceramics in contemporary art, the Paris-based artist Johan Creten has been working in numerous locations for almost forty years, from Mexico to Rome, from Miami to The Hague.
Since the 1980s, when ceramics were still considered taboo in the art world, Johan Creten’s dedication and innovation in clay have led to the development of unique and virtuoso techniques. Renowned for his allegorical sculptures in ceramic and bronze, Creten depicts a world full of poetry, lyricism, and mystery. Yet his work not only highlights the importance of beauty but also resonates socially and politically, affirming his humanist commitment. Johan Creten advocates for “Slow Art,” a return to introspection and an exploration of the world with all its individual and social afflictions.
Today, Johan Creten's works are in the collections of prestigious museums such as the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Cité de la Céramique in Sèvres, and the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature.
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Born in 1969 in Shimane, Japan
Lives and works between Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong, China
Children with disturbing faces, embryos with fully developed limbs, ancestor spirits locked up in bodies with imprecise forms—the creatures summoned by Izumi Kato are as fascinating as they are enigmatic. Their anonymous silhouettes and strange faces, largely absent of features, emphasize simple forms and strong colors; their elementary representation, an oval head with two big, fathomless eyes, depicts no more than a crudely figured nose and mouth. Bringing to mind primitive arts, their expressions evoke totems and the animist belief that a spiritual force runs through living and mineral worlds alike. Embodying a primal, universal form of humanity founded less on reason than on intuition, these magical beings invite viewers to recognize themselves.
Kato graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at Musashino University in 1992. Since the 2000s, he has garnered attention as an innovative artist through exhibitions held in Japan and across the world. In 2007, he was invited to take part in the 52nd Venice Biennale International Exhibition, curated by Robert Storr.
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