{"id":12276,"date":"2025-03-12T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=12276"},"modified":"2025-03-12T07:30:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:30:53","slug":"en-iwamura-mask-at-ross-and-kramer-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/12\/en-iwamura-mask-at-ross-and-kramer-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"En Iwamura, &#8216;Mask&#8217; at Ross and Kramer Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titled \u2018Neo Jomon,\u2019 Japanese ceramic artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.en-iwamura.com\">En Iwamura<\/a>\u2019s sculpture at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rkgallery.com\/exhibitions\/mask\">Ross and Kramer Gallery<\/a> updates ancient Japanese pottery with a new consideration of the age-old \u2018cord\u2019 pattern.\u00a0 Pulling a tool over clay that has started to harden, Iwamura achieves a textured effect that can look deceptively like fabric, even at close range.\u00a0 Inspired by the mask collections in Osaka\u2019s National Museum of Ethnology, which he visited while growing up, Iwamura infuses his forms with both mystery and humor.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through March 22<sup>nd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 3416px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/9c40b7bb-ea74-4edb-5ffb-bdaf3b2f91be.jpg\" width=\"3416\" height=\"3535\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En Iwamura, Neo Jomon: Black Mask (Crack), glazed ceramic, gold, 31 x 31 x 9 inches, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titled \u2018Neo Jomon,\u2019 Japanese ceramic artist En Iwamura\u2019s sculpture at Ross and Kramer Gallery updates ancient Japanese pottery with a new consideration of the age-old \u2018cord\u2019 pattern.\u00a0 Pulling a tool over clay that has started to harden, Iwamura achieves a textured effect that can look deceptively like fabric, even at close range.\u00a0 Inspired by the &hellip; 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