ArtBabble: Japanese Art

Hiroshi Sugimoto on His "Five Elements" Series and Collecting Art

Asian Art Museum — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:32:38 +0000

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Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past

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Asian Art Museum

Hailed as one of the most important photographers of our time, New York-based Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto is also an accomplished architect. He approaches his work from many different perspectives, with architecture as one component in designing the settings for his installations. As a photographer of the highest technical ability, with equal acclaim for the conceptual and philosophical aspects of his work, Sugimoto has created works in his "Five Elements" series that are constructed as shrines to a primordial birthplace.

Bone, Flesh, Skin: The Making of Japanese Lacquer

Asian Art Museum — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:07:10 +0000

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Asian Art Museum

An award-winning documentary on Japanese lacquer.

Looking at Japanese Baskets

Asian Art Museum — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:00:58 +0000

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Asian Art Museum

Learn about the Japanese baskets in the Asian Art Museum's collection.

Dallas Museum of Art Collection: Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

Dallas Museum of Art — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:28:18 +0000

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Dallas Museum of Art Collection

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Dallas Museum of Art

Based on a famous eighth-century poem by the great Chinese poet To Fu, this pair of screens with scenes of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup illustrates a group of distinguished people, all of whom are drinking heavily and carousing.

The idea of escaping the chains of convention by living wildly was popular in Japan, where the Taoist tone of this painting would have been admired in a country that valued a personal, intuitive form of religious expression.

The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, Japan, Momoyama period, c. 1600; Pair of six-fold screens, ink and pigment on gold

Ito Jakuchu's "Colorful Realm," Press Conference Highlights

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:58:52 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Featured are highlights from the National Gallery of Art's press preview for the landmark exhibition of Itō Jakuchū's Colorful Realm of Living Beings, a set of 30 bird-and-flower paintings on display at the Gallery from March 30 through April 29, 2012. Widely considered one of the greatest achievements in the history of Japanese nature painting, this Edo masterpiece is on view for the first time outside Japan.

The Art of Laughter: Kyogen Theater of Japan

Asian Art Museum — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:57:11 +0000

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AsiaAlive

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Asian Art Museum

Izumi Junko and Miyake Tokuro of the Izumi School of Kyogen from Japan demonstrated performance techniques and discussed their careers as the first female performers in this male-dominated field. Daughters of the nineteenth head of the Izumi school of Kyogen, Izumi and Miyake have been pioneers for opening the Kyogen stage to women while strictly following the rules of their art. Izumi Kyoko, the daughter of Izumi Junko (age 6), also appeared on stage wowing the museum visitors.

Masami Teraoka: A Conversation with the Artist

Asian Art Museum — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:37:50 +0000

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Asian Art Museum

The Paintings by Masami Teraoka exhibition was on view at the Asian Art Museum from October 22, 1997 – January 25, 1998. Paintings by Masami Teraoka featured thirty-three current paintings and four prints by Masami Teraoka (b. 1936), a Japanese-born painter of contemporary American pop art.

Ancient Temples of Nara

Asian Art Museum — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:37:08 +0000

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Asian Art Museum

Explore Nara's ancient Buddhist art and architecture.

Shinto

Asian Art Museum — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:34:52 +0000

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Asian Art Museum

An introduction to Shinto, Japan's earliest religion.

Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Yusaku Lecture

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:41:42 +0000

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Talks

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Tawara Yūsaku (1932-2004) was a contemporary Japanese artist who created unique, amazingly energized images based on his belief that all existence is composed of the impermanent bunching together of vibrating waves of energy—what he termed “hadō” (ha-doh; literally wave-movement). Working primarily in ink on paper and strongly influenced by Buddhist thought, Tawara’s paintings are constructed from countless strokes and dots, imparting to the works an intensity of content that fills them with monumental energy.