PUBLIC OPENING
The Search Continues: Recent Work by Hideaki Miyamura
Alone and Together: Art and the World of Enrico Pinardi
Saturday, 15 March 2022
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
240 Newbury Street, 3rd Floor
Hideaki Miyamura was born in 1955 in Niigata, Japan, and traveled to the United States to study art history at Western Michigan University. After college, he returned to Japan in 1987 to pursue his interest in ceramics as an apprentice with master potter Shurei Miura in Yamanashi. Stemming from his interest in rare ancient Chinese tea bowl glazes, Miyamura seeks to create glazes that have a three-dimensional quality and convey purity and peacefulness. His vessels are pristine, disarmingly simple, contemplative objects whose finishes reflect the panoply of the natural world — geologic phenomena, star-filled nights, undulating ocean waves, and fiery sunsets. His work is included in numerous public collections, including the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Enrico V. Pinardi was a leading figure among New England painters, sculptors, and draftsmen since the 1960s. After earning a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Pinardi went on to earn an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1967. Pinardi's work reflects the heritage of early twentieth-century surrealism, while showcasing a minimalist approach, trompe l’oeil style, and creative skills across several media. Throughout his prolific career, Pinardi produced paintings and sculptures dealing with both the dream world and the viewer’s consciousness by integrating art historical and religious symbols into his own experiences. Pinardi developed an individual style that honors, builds upon, and establishes new modes of dealing with the subconscious. Guiding him through his most challenging personal experiences, his artwork yields marvelous results and mysterious mazes of a life lived to the fullest, inviting the viewer to share in his experiences and dreams. Many of Pinardi's artistic spaces, like the best metaphysical art, may be uncomfortable to enter, but they are always entrancing, thought-provoking, and sincere.