Sculpture biomorphique,

Born in 1953 in Gojō-zaka Kyoto, Takiguchi Kazuo is the son of a tableware wholesaler in Gojōzaka, Kyoto, the center of traditional Kyoto ceramics production. After dropping out of university twice, he studied briefly with Kiyomizu Rokubei VI (1901-1980), then with Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979). He also frequented Kondō Yutaka (1932-1983) and Fujihira Shin (1922-2012). It was Yagi’s aesthetic and his emphasis on non-traditional sculptural forms that had a lasting impact on Takiguchi.

Years later, he also studied at the Royal College of Arts in London, graduating in 1992. While living …/…