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Japanese/American,
b. 1951
The Earth is Flat
1987
Earthenware
7.25 x 7.5 x 7.5 in.
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
1987.212.1-2
Whimsically designed and brightly painted, Hiramoto’s The Earth Is Flat takes the form of an oversized sugar bowl that warns its user of the hazards of overseas adventure. “The Sea Is Perilous, Monsters Abound, Sailors Be Wary,” the little pot instructs, although the octopi and sea serpents that adorn the jar hardly seem dangerous. The message is ironic, since the ceramics represented by Hiramoto’s form were brought to the West by sailing ships navigating the same ocean routes the piece cautions against. The outline of an uninhabited North America on the lid of the jar alludes to the age of exploration and colonialism.
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