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Future Forward

Japanese Kōgei | Future Forward showcases the work of twelve established and emergent kōgei artists, and examines the changing role of this discipline within Japanese culture today.

Kōgei is a genre of traditional art that may be roughly translated as “artisan crafts”—a means of highly skilled artistic expression, both in form and decoration, that is associated with specific regions and peoples in Japan. The subject is steeped in tradition and rooted in upholding conventional cultural ideals and aesthetics through the mastery of specialized techniques and materials.