Clay-Tile Mandala (Tōhen mandara)
Yamada Hikaru Japanese
Not on view
Yamada was raised in Gifu, one of the traditional ceramic centers of Japan, but he trained in Kyoto, where he met fellow ceramist Yagi Kazuo and helped form the avant-garde ceramic group Sōdeisha. Like Yagi, Yamada initially worked on functional objects. From 1948, he became known for his innovative sculptural work. This rectangular, screen-style sculpture juxtaposes white- and brown-glazed geometric shapes. Here, the artist arranged tiles within a two-dimensional frame to create a mandala, a sacred diagram of the universe.
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