Detail: Beyond Surface: The Unity of Form and Pattern in the Work of Wada Morihiro (1944-2008), an exhibition fifteen years in the making, will be the first comprehensive retrospective for this seminal clay master. It will showcase seventy works, most acquired directly from the estate of the artist, representing nearly all of his diverse patterns on his ever-changing forms. Eleven of these works, including two unique entwining-vine patterned vessels previously unseen outside Japan, were intended for his 2008 solo exhibition at our gallery–– a show that would have been Wada’s first comprehensive retrospective–– had it not been for his untimely passing. Fortunately, the Wada family reserved these works and many others and then encouraged our gallery to host this important exhibition in New York. A bilingual, fully illustrated, scholarly book with essays by four leading Japanese scholars will accompany the exhibition.