Description

Japan Glass Artcrafts Association, Tokyo [Published date: 1981]. Softcover, [150] pp; color and black and white illustrations; 24 x 25 cm. In Japanese with introductory pages and captions for color illustrations also in English. In good+ condition. Black illustrated covers with French flaps, featuring a photograph of a reflective glass vessel with a landscape and sky mirrored on its surface; light bumping and creasing to edges and corners with a bit of the color rubbed off along edges and spine. Light overall scuffing to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Exhibition catalog for "Glass '81 in Japan," held September 11-23, 1981, at the Odakyu Departmentstore 11F Grand Gallery, Tokyo. Organized by the Japan Glass Artcrafts Association, and supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan), Asahi Shinbun Publishing Co., and The Ceramic Society of Japan, with cooperation from the Japan Glassware Product Industry Association. Features an introduction in Japanese and English by Saburo Funakoshi, President of the Japan Glass Artcrafts Association, outlining the exhibition's theme: the artistic potential of glass as a material in contemporary society. Includes artist profiles, biographical details, and images of works by Japanese and international glass artists. Illustrated with photographs of glass artworks ranging from blown, engraved, and sandblasted decorative vessels to pressed tableware and large-scale sculptural pieces.