Masahiko Yamamoto exhibition 9/12-23
山本雅彦 個展
2026. 9. 12 sat - 23 wed
時間 13:00-18:00
休館 9/16 wed
人はなぜ、文様を描くのか。
渦や螺旋、波、星、鳥、獣、植物など、国や時代を越えて繰り返し現れる図像。
魔除けや豊穣の祈り、草花に寄せる心から宇宙秩序の表象まで、多くは自然の姿や
運動に由来しながら、ときにその関係は反転する。
人もまた自然の一部であるならば、山本雅彦氏が器上に描く文様は、身体の内的律動が
線や形となって現れた痕跡といえるのかもしれない。
奈良県明日香村、キトラ古墳にほど近い土地で育った山本氏は、陶芸一家に生まれ、
祖父は飛鳥寺に土鈴を納めていたといいます。
無意識から湧き出るという線や形。土の中で煌めく長石の星々、中央アジアやオリエントへと
繋がる象や鳥のモチーフ。様々な文化の面影が垣間見える装飾性と、その奥に潜む土着的な力。
それらは土地に堆積してきた何かが、作家の身体を通して表出しているようにも思えます。
彼が暮らす奈良県曽爾村を訪れた際、近くにある「屏風岩」を案内してもらうことがありました。
美しい草原の向こうに、人間のスケールを遥かに凌駕する巨大な柱状節理の岩壁がそそり立ち、
振り向けば遠くに紀伊山脈を望む、桃源郷のような場所。
彼が制作に用いる土や草木もまた、こうした身近な景色の中に存在します。
曽爾に横たわる壮大な自然と、大陸との往来が育んだ明日香の文化。
屏風岩とシルクロード、草木と鳥獣、地層と文様、土と星。
山本氏を通して器の上で編まれるそれらの輪郭は、日本の民家とどう響くのか。
3年ぶりとなる個展をぜひお楽しみいただけましたら幸いです。
Profile
1981年 奈良県高取町生まれ
2003年 京都府陶工高等技術専門校に入学. その後、陶芸家・村田森氏に師事.
2007年 独立. 奈良県高取町、御所市を経て、2017年より曽爾村を拠点に制作. 以後、国内外で個展を開催.
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kankakari
京都市北区紫野下築山町15
070-1871-1010
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"Masahiko Yamamoto Exhibition"
September 12 sat – 23 wed, 2026
13:00–18:00Closed September 16 wed
Why do people create patterns?
Spirals and whorls, waves, stars, birds, animals, and plants—images that have appeared again and again across cultures and throughout history.
From talismans against evil and prayers for abundance, to an affection for flowers and plants and representations of cosmic order, many of these forms originate in the shapes and movements of nature. Yet at times, this relationship seems to reverse itself.
If we, too, are part of nature, perhaps the patterns Masahiko Yamamoto draws upon his vessels can be seen as traces of an inner rhythm of the body, emerging as lines and forms.
Yamamoto grew up in Asuka, Nara, not far from the Kitora Tumulus. Born into a family of potters, he comes from a lineage in which his grandfather made clay bells for Asukadera Temple.
Lines and forms that, he says, emerge from the unconscious. Stars of feldspar shimmering within the clay; motifs of elephants and birds that evoke connections with Central Asia and the Orient. An ornamentation in which traces of different cultures can be glimpsed, and beneath it, a deeply rooted, indigenous force.
At times, it seems as though something accumulated in the land itself is finding expression through the artist’s body.
When I visited Yamamoto in Soni Village, Nara, where he now lives, he took me to nearby Byobuiwa. Beyond a beautiful meadow rises an immense wall of columnar rock, far exceeding the scale of the human body; turning around, one can see the Kii Mountains in the distance. It is a place that feels almost like a hidden paradise.
The clay, plants, and trees that Yamamoto uses in his work are also found within these familiar surroundings.
The vast natural landscape of Soni, and the culture of Asuka, shaped through centuries of exchange with the Asian continent.
Byobuiwa and the Silk Road, plants and animals, geological strata and patterns, earth and stars.
Through Yamamoto, these distant elements are woven together upon the surface of a vessel. How might their contours resonate within the space of a traditional Japanese house?
We hope you will enjoy Yamamoto’s first solo exhibition with us in three years.
Profile
1981 Born in Takatori, Nara.
2003 Entered the Kyoto Prefectural School of Ceramic Art and Technology. Later studied under ceramic artist Shin Murata.
2007 Established his independent practice. After working in Takatori and Gose, Nara, he moved his studio to Soni Village in 2017. He has since held solo exhibitions in Japan and abroad.
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kankakari
15 Murasakino Shimotsukiyamacho
Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
070-1871-1010
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