{"id":16597,"date":"2011-12-14T01:20:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T08:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16597"},"modified":"2011-12-23T05:07:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T12:07:36","slug":"benyamini-contemporary-ceramics-center-hosts-international-ceramic-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16597","title":{"rendered":"Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center Hosts International Ceramic Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center<\/a> will hold master classes with three internationally acclaimed artists from Japan, Britain and Ireland: Akio Takamori<\/strong> \u2013 a Japanese artist from the USA; John Higgins<\/strong> – a British artist from the UK; and Marcus O’Mahony<\/strong> – an Irish artist from Ireland.\u00a0 The classes will take place at the Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, 17 Haamal Street, Tel Aviv. Organized by the Israel Ceramics Association, admission to each event is 75 NIS and advance registration is required. For further details contact Marcelle Klein: 054-5449942.<\/p>\n

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Akio Takamori\/Photo courtesy of the Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Information from the press release:<\/strong>
\n Master Class with Akio Takamori<\/strong>
\nSunday, December 25th at 16:00<\/strong>
\nOne of the most exciting, gifted and innovative contemporary ceramic artists. He has exhibited extensively throughout the world, his work found in several significant collections and museums. Takamori’s work is mostly figurative and based on the human body and its gamut of expressive emotions and sensuality. Vessel forms, large scale sculptures and installations reflect his interests in themes concerning the human experience \u2013’ the passage of time, locations, memories and history’. The visit\u00a0\u00a0 is sponsored by AIDA.<\/p>\n

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John Higgins\/Photo courtesy of The Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Master Class with John Higgins and Marcus O’Mahoney<\/strong>
\n Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 16:00<\/strong>
\n John Higgins<\/strong>
\nUsing a unique technique which combines hand built and thrown components, John’s work is mostly informed by his empathy for human beings and their history as expressed in architecture as well as everyday objects. Surface treatments consist of several layers. Usually textured and dry, just like the layers of paint on old buildings they reflect years of the human experience and a silent witness to previous forms of existence.<\/p>\n

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Marcus O'Mahoney\/Photo courtesy of The Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marcus O’Mahony<\/strong>
\nInspired by the Leach Hamada tradition, Marcus mainly produces wood fired functional stoneware and porcelain exhibited extensively both in Ireland and abroad. Passionate about wood and salt firings, soft, free, fluid and spontaneous throwing as well as decorating result in a very distinguished body of work\u00a0 which strongly echoes\u00a0 the feel of the elemental, the local and the indigenous \u2013 rooted in tradition yet innovative, experimental and skilled.
\nThe visit of John Higgins and Marcus O Mahony is sponsored by the Design Craft Foundation.<\/p>\n

Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center
\n17 Haamal Street Tel Aviv\/\/ Tel:03-5182257
\nwww.benyaminiceramics.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center will hold master classes with three internationally acclaimed artists from Japan, Britain and Ireland: Akio Takamori \u2013 a Japanese artist from the USA; John Higgins – a British artist from the UK; and Marcus O’Mahony – an Irish artist from Ireland.\u00a0 The classes will take place at the Benyamini Contemporary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}