Charity Exhibition 2007
Original Cups & Saucers Designed by 290 Creative Artists
Starting November 26 (Mon), Recruit will host its annual yearend charity exhibition at its two galleries, Creation Gallery G8 and Guardian Garden. This series of exhibitions was launched 17 years ago to let many people experience the enjoyment and pleasure that can be derived from art and design. Every year works created on a noncommercial basis by artists with links to the two galleries, both young designers and artists already active globally, are displayed and offered for sale, and the proceeds are donated to UNICEF Japan. The charity exhibitions are unique in having highly diverse participants vie through their respective means of creative expression, and every year they are greeted by high acclaim.
The theme of the 17th charity exhibition is cups and saucers. Whether you are just relaxing on the sofa, or taking a break from work, or chatting happily with a friend or family member, the ideal companion in every situation is a brew of tea, served in your favorite cup. So for this year’s charity event we settled on the theme of cups and saucers, and we asked the participating creative artists to design cup and saucer sets that will make tea time all the more enjoyable. Letting their imagination run free, some came up with designs of tasteful simplicity, while others opted for clever design contrivances that are recognized only when the cup and saucer are taken in hand. In all, 290 sets will be on display.
Creation Gallery G8
Richard Kehl
Takahiro Nagino
Yoshio Hayakawa
WABISABI
Shigeru Tamura
Kijuro Yahagi
Guardian Garden
Masaharu Futoyu
Akira Wakui
Takeru Toyokura
Takeshi Nishioka
Kazunori Sadahiro
Yoko d’Holbachie
Exhibition Profile
The exhibition will feature cup and saucer sets designed by a total of 288 creative artists from Japan and around the world.
Specifications
All cups and saucers are made of porcelain. Cup dimensions: height approx. 55mm, diameter approx. 79mm, capacity 200ml. Saucer: diameter approx. 155mm.
Purchases
Throughout the exhibition, at both galleries visitors will be able to purchase the cups and saucers on display at a price of JPY 3,500 per item. All purchased items will be made-to-order.
Pamphlet
A pamphlet featuring all items on display will be available for purchase in the gallery or online through this website.
Cup & Saucer Production
Ceramic of Victory
Participating Artists (alphabetical order)
[Creation Gallery G8 (157 artists)]
Mariko Abe, Kan Akita, Takashi Akiyama, Suzy Amakane, Mizumaru Anzai, Charles S. Anderson, Masuteru Aoba, Katsunori Aoki, Katsumi Asaba, Alan Chan, Andrzej Dudzinski, Tatsuo Ebina, Ed Emberley, Stasys Eidrigevicius, Susumu Endo, Ryuji Fujieda, Shigeo Fukuda, Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Osamu Fukushima, Hiroshi Goto, GRAPH, Rodney Greenblat, Tadahiro Gunji, Kenya Hara, Heiquiti Harata, Satoshi Hasegawa, Kazunari Hattori, Yoshio Hayakawa, Noriaki Hayashi, John Hersey, Katsuhiko Hibino, Kodue Hibino, Eiki Hidaka, Naomi Hirabayashi, Itaru Hirama, Naoki Hiramatsu, Kotaro Hirano, Taishi Hirokawa, Megu Hosoki, Shinichi Hoshi, Kazuyoshi Iino, Takenobu Igarashi, Keiji Ito, Toyotsugu Itoh, Koji Iyama, Hiroyuki Izutsu, Michael Johnson, Masahiro Kakinokihara, Takahisa Kamijyo, Takashi Kanome, Kaoru Kasai, Satoji Kashimoto, Shigeo Katsuoka, Mitsuo Katsui, Richard Kehl, Atsuki Kikuchi, Yuki Kikutake, Katsu Kimura, Takahiro Kimura, Katsuhiro Kinoshita, Kuni Kizawa, Yosuke Kobayashi, Masayoshi Kodaira, Ryohei Kojima, Chiharu Kondo, Satoru Kubo, Aoshi Kudo, Tadashi Kumai, Kazumi Kurigami, Takafumi Kusagaya, Shin Matsunaga, Kei Matsushita, Iwao Matsuura, Ken Miki, Toru Minegishi, Yuichi Miyashi, Manabu Mizuno, Chie Morimoto, Tadahito Nadamoto, Hiroaki Nagai, Kazufumi Nagai, Kazumasa Nagai, Tomohiko Nagakura, Keisuke Nagatomo, Takahiro Nagino, Noboru Naito, Kenzo Nakagawa, Shinya Nakajima, Takahisa Nakajima, Masayoshi Nakajo, Hisako Nakayama, Akira Odagiri, Gaku Ohta, Tetsuya Ohta, Masamichi Oikawa, Yukimasa Okumura, Hitomi Sago, Shigenari Onishi, Tomoko Oshika, Kenjiro Sano, Goro Sasaki, Yuki Sasameya, Kashiwa Sato, Koichi Sato, Osamu Sato, U.G. Sato, Yasuhiro Sawada, Jan Sawka, Akiko Sekimoto, Akira Seto, Nisuke Shimotani, Mitsuo Shindo, Norito Shinmura, Skolos/Wedell, Takayuki Soeda, Hajime Sorayama, Shinnoske Sugisaki, Hiro Sugiyama, Eizin Suzuki, Mamoru Suzuki, Naoyuki Suzuki, Kaoru Takai, Noriyuki Tanaka, Ryusuke Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Ichiro Tanida, Hiroki Taniguchi, Shigeru Tamura, Masayuki Terashima, Toshiko Tsuchihashi, Makoto Nakamura, Nagi Noda, Rosmarie Tissi, Norihisa Tojimbara, Mineko Ueda, Miyuki Ueda, Ryosuke Uehara, Aquirax Uno, WABISABI, Makoto Wada, Shin-Ichiro Wakao, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshie Watanabe, Philippe Weisbecker, Nobuhiko Yabuki, Kijuro Yahagi, Paul Yalowitz, Eiji Yamada, Harumi Yamaguchi, Takato Yamamoto, Pedro Yamashita, Yuzo Yamashita, Eisuke Yamazaki, Michihiko Yanai, Yasuhiro Yomogida, Hiroshi Yonemura, Tara Yumura, Teruhiko Yumura
[Guardian Garden (131 artists)]
Yuta Abo, aikofu, Hikari Akasa, Hana Akiyama, Daichi Ajima, Hideshi Amitani, ASADA, Yoko d’Holbachie, DONA, Rika Eguchi, Takuto Endo, Teruo Fuchigami, Isao Fujii, Shinobu Fukuda, Masaharu Futoyu, Syunji Harada, Yuji Hashimoto, Kimitaro Hattori, Kae Higuchi, Genta Honnoh, Tomonori Hori, Toyo Horikawa, Tatsuzo Hyakuda, Ryuta Iida, Tetsuo Ikeda, Keiko Ikuta, Ayako Ishiguro, Masaru Ishikawa, Keiko Itakura, Hajime Ito, Shota Iwamatsu, Akikazu Iwamoto, Makoto Kanazawa., Takehiro Karube, Chihiro Kasuga, Kiichiro Kato, Eriko Kawakami, Sakico Kawashima, Hideki Kessoku, Harumi Kimura, Jin Kitamura, Kenji Kitazawa, Masahiko Koga, Jun Kosaka, Tamami Kubota, Kiyoshi Kuroda, Dion Laurent, Naoko Machida, Hiroko Masuko, Takeshi Matsugami, Takeshi Matsunaga, mayu, Sanae Mimori, Tetsuro Minorikawa, Ryosuke Miyashita, Mitsugu Mizobata, Satoru Morita, Mayura Morita, Sayo Nagaba, Takahiro Nagahama, Rikako Nagashima, Kumi Nakanoko, Saku Nakamura, Hisashi Narita, Izumi Nishikawa, Takeshi Nishioka, Naoko Nishitani, Yasue Ohki, Sayaka Ohmura, Koya Okada, Kazuki Okawara, Shinko Okuhara, Yuji Okushi, Satoshi Osada, Keiichiro Oshima, Hitomi Ozaki, Rei Ozaki, qp, Kazunori Sadahiro, Hiroshi Saito, Yuki Saito, Ryota Sakae, Tokuro Sakamoto, Rieko Sakurai, Daisuke Samejima, Maki Segami, Yuko Seki, Yu Shichiji, Yukito Shinagawa, Masaki Shiota, Yuuske Simizz, Kyosuke Soneta, Shino Suefusa, Mikako Suemune, Makoto Sugimoto, Minoru Sugiyama, Kiyomi Suzuki, Radical Suzuki, Shintaro Tagashira, Kayo Takagi, Keiko Takaiso, Shigeyuki Takaoka, Hiroko Takahashi, Atsushi Takeda, Taichi Tamaki, Hideki Tanaka, Sachiko Temmyo, Takeru Toyokura, Kiyoshi Tsukamoto, Futaba Tsukuda, Fuco Ueda, Ko Ushijima, Akira Wakui, Osamu Watanabe, Toshihiro Watanabe, WAWAWA, Yurika Yamada, Keizoh Yamaguchi, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Hiroki Yamamoto, Erika Yamashiro, Kei Yamashita, Kosuke Yamashita, Risa Yamashita, Akiko Yanagisawa, Daijirou Yano, Akira Yasuda, Yusuke Yonekubo, Yuka Yonemasu, YUKARINA
Notice and Apology
The cup and saucer design created by Hideki Nakajima was deemed unsuitable for this exhibition and was rejected for not meeting our compliance code. We wish to apologize to the artist, who had kindly accepted our request to participate, for his work’s regrettable disqualification.
