“From my perspective, the title refers to a distinct trend in Japanese ceramics, which occurred in the post-war years and profoundly influenced generations of ceramicists in Japan and around the world,” curator Russell Kelty – Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia – tells me. “In the wake of the Second World War, young Avant-Garde ceramicists sought to create works, which could be appreciated as works of art, for their form, not necessarily
