The Ceramic Art Of Thomas Kakinuma

THE CERAMIC ART OF THOMAS KAKINUMA is the modest catalogue to the recent show at the West Vancouver Museum. Born in Japan and based for many years in Vancouver, the late Thomas (Takamitsu) Kakinuma was educated as a painter before devoting his career to ceramics. He worked across genres, from pottery to large-scale abstract sculptures to small stylized depictions of animals, including cats, penguins, fish and birds, his practice at points influenced by studies in Mexico and Japan. With illuminating essays by Debra E. Sloan and Carol E. Mayer.