Exhibiting at the Second Salon Revelations au Grand Palais, Paris, France
The Salon Revelations au Grand Palais has evolved into a biennale, held once every two years. Ishigaki-yaki pottery has once more been chosen to be part of the event, with more pieces representing the beauty of Okinawa’s ocean waters. The artist hopes to be able to greet as many people as possible at this wonderful Paris exhibition. Please do come and visit the artist and his artwork at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Venue: Grand Palais, Paris

About Salon Revelations
This biannual event is a large-scale arts and crafts exhibition organized by the Ateliers D’Art de France, a foundation dedicated to the craft professions with a membership of over 6,000 professional artists and craftspeople, including French living national treasures, Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (MOF, contemporary craftspeople recognized as having outstanding skills), master craftspeople, and leading artists in their fields. International artists seeking to take part are expected to have examples of their work featuring in the permanent collections of world-renowned galleries or museums.

After World War II, most exhibitions featured only galleries, rather than individual artists, leading to concern that such practice would limit the opportunity for talents artists to become recognised. At the same time, ceramics were falling into decline, prompting a return to the idea that “beauty is created by the individual”, and a subsequent resurgence of the idea that exhibitions should focus not on collections by galleries, but rather on the artists as individuals.

Revelations is the foremost event in France for leading arts and crafts. It is characterized by its focus on artists and their artwork; the minimum requirement to exhibition is that an artwork should be the product of a traditional craft, that it should be the product of outstanding skill, and further that it should be exceptional as an artwork. As such, it is notorious in France for its extremely strict selection process.

Artists who have been selected in the initial screening must then undergo a secondary assessment, conducted by twelve arts-related organisations (e.g. Sevres Ceramics Museum).

The first edition of Revelations saw 300 artists from the world selected to exhibit. Haruhiko Kaneko, founder of Ishigaki-yaki Pottery, was the only Japanese artist officially selected to appear in the 2013 edition of Salon Revelations au Grand Palais.

・ATELIERS D’ART DE FRANCE
・Salon Revelation au Grand Palais 2015
・KANEKO　Haruhiko　CM