Soetsu Yanagi - Beauté du Mingei
From a dark corner buried in dust, a new world of beauty has blossomed. A world known to all, but which no one had been able to see before. I am talking about the beauty of ordinary objects. It has been given to them by patina, use, and affection. The more it is used, the more beautiful it becomes; the more beautiful it becomes, the more it is loved; the more it is loved, the more it is used. Therein lies the infinite relationship between human beings and utensils. The utensil is warm in the hand that uses it, the human holds it with love, and the two will spend the day together.
In the 1920s, writer and thinker Yanagi Sôetsu created the mingei movement to promote and defend the skills and craftsmen who anonymously and humbly make everyday objects. It is an art produced by the people for the people, where beauty is not the privilege of a wealthy minority but a common good shared by all. Mingei invites us to take a closer look at these modest, faithful objects that accompany our daily lives and to form a relationship of trust and affection with them.
Le Banquet collection edited by Ryoko Sekiguchi
Four-color illustrations
French
Translated by Patrick Honnoré
November 2023
224 pages
ISBN: 978-2-8097-1643-6
© Éditions Picquier
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$7.63Soetsu Yanagi - Beauté du Mingei
From a dark corner buried in dust, a new world of beauty has blossomed. A world known to all, but which no one had been able to see before. I am talking about the beauty of ordinary objects. It has been given to them by patina, use, and affection. The more it is used, the more beautiful it becomes; the more beautiful it becomes, the more it is loved; the more it is loved, the more it is used. Therein lies the infinite relationship between human beings and utensils. The utensil is warm in the hand that uses it, the human holds it with love, and the two will spend the day together.
In the 1920s, writer and thinker Yanagi Sôetsu created the mingei movement to promote and defend the skills and craftsmen who anonymously and humbly make everyday objects. It is an art produced by the people for the people, where beauty is not the privilege of a wealthy minority but a common good shared by all. Mingei invites us to take a closer look at these modest, faithful objects that accompany our daily lives and to form a relationship of trust and affection with them.
Le Banquet collection edited by Ryoko Sekiguchi
Four-color illustrations
French
Translated by Patrick Honnoré
November 2023
224 pages
ISBN: 978-2-8097-1643-6
© Éditions Picquier
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From a dark corner buried in dust, a new world of beauty has blossomed. A world known to all, but which no one had been able to see before. I am talking about the beauty of ordinary objects. It has been given to them by patina, use, and affection. The more it is used, the more beautiful it becomes; the more beautiful it becomes, the more it is loved; the more it is loved, the more it is used. Therein lies the infinite relationship between human beings and utensils. The utensil is warm in the hand that uses it, the human holds it with love, and the two will spend the day together.
In the 1920s, writer and thinker Yanagi Sôetsu created the mingei movement to promote and defend the skills and craftsmen who anonymously and humbly make everyday objects. It is an art produced by the people for the people, where beauty is not the privilege of a wealthy minority but a common good shared by all. Mingei invites us to take a closer look at these modest, faithful objects that accompany our daily lives and to form a relationship of trust and affection with them.
Le Banquet collection edited by Ryoko Sekiguchi
Four-color illustrations
French
Translated by Patrick Honnoré
November 2023
224 pages
ISBN: 978-2-8097-1643-6
© Éditions Picquier
