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Onishi Gallery, one of the only galleries in Chelsea with a specialization in contemporary Japanese art, is pleased to present Contemporary Japanese Kōgei, a finely curated exhibition of works by a selection of Japanese artists who are at the very top of their fields.

In conjunction with the upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design, Japanese Kōgei | Future Forward, the ceramics and metalwork on view at Onishi Gallery challenge the conventional image of “craft”. The translation of the word kōgei, “artisan crafts”, belies the true span of the genre, the colloquial definition of which …