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June 24 - August 27, 2000
SHAPED WITH A PASSION:
The Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Collection of
Japanese Ceramics from the 1970s
Making connections between past and present, SHAPED
WITH A PASSION: The Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Collection of Japanese Ceramics
from the 1970s will showcase the mystery and beauty of contemporary Japanese
ceramics at The Dayton Art Institute. This special exhibition features
approximately 120 works from the Weyerhaeuser Collection at The Art Complex
Museum in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Accompanying the show are 13 pieces
of Japanese ceramics dating from the 18th through 19th centuries from
the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Charles Freer Collection. By comparing
older works to a variety of ceramic styles created by Japan's "Living
National Treasures," SHAPED WITH A 
PASSION
will reveal the artists' links to the past and their contemporary innovations
on forms, glazes, decorations and techniques.
The exhibition is organized by The Art Complex Museum with the assistance of Smith Kramer Fine Art Service in Kansas City, Missouri. The additional works from the Indianapolis Museum of Art are organized by The Dayton Art Institute with the cooperation of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
One of the major contemporary Japanese ceramic collections outside Japan, the Weyerhaeuser Collection ranks as the third largest American museum collection of contemporary Japanese ceramics after the Art Institute of Chicago and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Carl Weyerhaeuser (1901-96) was the grandson of the founder of the Weyerhaeuser lumber company.
The exhibition is accompanied by a 126-page catalogue, which is available for purchase at The Museum Store of The Dayton Art Institute for $30.