Amricani - japanese pottery

Dar al- Athar al-islamiyyah and the Japanese embassy present  in Amricani a new exhibition: 

"Japanese pottery, the rising generation fromthe traditional kilns"

It is opened for the public from the 4 of december to the 27 of january 2012. Amricani is the museum for the foundation of the biggest coleccionist of muslim art in the world. It is in the Arabian Gulf road just after the new residence for the parliaments. Just after the round about close to the great mosque os Kuwait.

This is the email I have just received from the foundation;
"The Embassy of Japan in cooperation with Dar Al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) is holding the Japanese Pottery Exhibition from December 4^th, 2011 to January 27^th, 2012 at Amricani Cultural Center (ACC) to mark the 50^th anniversary for the establishment of Japan-Kuwait diplomatic relations.

Japanese Pottery: The rising generation from traditional Japanese kilns introduces the works of a total of 35 artists active in seven major sites in Japan. Some carry on long traditions of pottery production while others seeking to create individualistic works exploring new forms. The exhibition focuses on "vessels" endeavoring to show how ceramic artists understand the function of vessels. "

Details of the event:

Pottery Exhibition:

Date & time: From Dec. 4th, 2011 to Jan. 27th, 2012

Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 9a.m. - 7p.m.
Friday and Saturday 2p.m. - 7p.m.
Sunday (closed)

Venue: Amricani Cultural Centre
(Old Amricani Hospital Building, on the Arabian Gulf Road next to National Assembly)

In this exhibition you will see new style of ceramic, nothing to do with what you would imagine. I leave you some pictures of my visit today.

La sala de exposiciones es un anfiteatro en blanco que impresiona nada mas entrar.
Big surprise when I saw this place. It´s is beautiful white theatre.

Una porceana peculiar
Peculiar pottery.

Vasillas, maceteros.... ummmm no sé si me convence el producto. Definitivamente no es lo que me esperaba.
Pots, pottery for the home,... I am not totaly convinced, this is not what I was expecting.

Estoy segura de que habéis pasado por delante mas de una vez y no sabíais que era esto.
I am sure you did´nt know that this building was a museum.

Hoy hemos visitado Belén y yo la exposición de porcelana japonesa en el Amricani, un antiguo hospital americano rehabilitado para acoger las obras del mayor coleccionista de arte musulmán del mundo; Sheikh Nasser Al Sabah que junto a su mujer tienen una fundación donde además de actos culturales, realizan muestras de sus diferentes colecciones. Este señor viene a ser el hijo de nuestro querido Emir.

Con las fotos que habéis visto mas arriba podréis ver un poco de que va la exposición. No es nada antiguo, son obras del siglo pasado y la verdad es que no era lo que esperaba. Lo que mas me ha gustado ha sido la ubicación de la exposición. un anfiteatro pintado de blanco que ofrece una sensación única de pureza, limpieza y orden.

La rehabilitación del edificio ha quedado sensacional. Solo por eso vale la pena visitarlo.

Amricani esta en la Arabian Gulf Road justo después de las nuevas oficinas y apartamentos de los parlamentarios. Seguro que también habéis visto ese edificio curvo espectacular.