Ghanaians living abroad mount exhibition Nov 7, 2009
There is therefore European Art, American Art, Japanese Art, Chinese Art, among others. Two of the artists who were present were Kate Badoe and J.C. Sarpong who live and work in the USA.. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
•2009 Spirit and Place Festival schedule Nov 5, 2009
Saturday: 7 to 8:30 p.m., "Caddy! Caddy! Caddy!," a cross-cultural performance that draws on modern Japanese art and the place-based writings of William Faulkner; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 N. Michigan Road. Admission $10 for the public and $7 for museum members. (The Daily Journal)
Your 10 questions with Edward Dolman Oct 31, 2009
And some of the best Western artists have been influenced by Chinese and Japanese art. Im watching with great interest now as Chinese works of art continue to grow in value and become deemed as more and more important as more collectors come forward to buy. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
‘Sacred Monsters’ at Tufts explores the mythical powers of beasts Oct 28, 2009
Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art and Anime, a smart and enchanting exhibit at Tufts University Art Gallery, taps Japanese artists who have beastly imaginations ... SACRED MONSTERS: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art and Anime At: Tufts University Art Gallery, 40R Talbot Ave., Medford, through Nov. 22. (Boston Globe)
Enduring appeal Oct 25, 2009
Van Gogh has long been popular in Japan - perhaps because for a time he was interested in Japanese art. But there is a practical reason too. (BBC News -- Europe)
Visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Oct 23, 2009
The nearby Museum of Imperial Collections houses the previous Emperor Hirohito s art collection, here visitors can see kimonos and ancient Japanese art. The Tokyo Imperial Palace During Cherry-Blossom Season. (Suite101.com)
'Appearance': Andrea Higgins' fresh paintings Oct 23, 2009
Her paintings of Lady Nijo's wardrobe are in part a tribute to her grandmother, who was "a Japanophile who traveled to Japan every year and practiced Ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arranging) her whole life - very unique for a woman in Kansas City," she says. "I'm interested in showing the world the characters occupy. It's as if I were an artistic director for a play, setting the stage.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Bonsai: A living art Oct 3, 2009
Some bonsai represent Japanese art; some represent natural Japanese trees. You should really appreciate the fact that this is a combination of horticulture and art, so you really should have an appreciation for the theory behind it and learn what is so esoteric about it, he said. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Linda Germain, Cyndi Sorenson, Satya Riversong and Marge Lind wear hand-loomed scarves and hand-made fiber bags. Photo by Ellen Sussman | Special to the Green Valley News Sep 22, 2009
It will feature make-it/take its, how to make a bead from wet wool and demonstrations of kumihimo the Japanese art of braiding with silk thread. Guild president Cyndi Sorenson said more than familiar cotton, wool and silk other animal and plant fibers including bamboo will also be featured. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Wall Street Model Is Just Financial Origami: Brendan Moynihan Sep 15, 2009
A closer look suggests that the structure involves nothing so much as what I call financial origami, which refers to the ancient Japanese art of folding paper into novel and intriguing shapes. What drives this is plain to see, said the late , winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in economics. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Japan's former prime minister a master artist Aug 17, 2009
Today, Hosokawa lives secluded in Yugawara, an hour by train from Tokyo, possibly less famous as a political figure than as a ceramic artist and overseer of the Eisei Bunko, the Tokyo museum devoted to his family's collection of Japanese art. The Asian Art Museum has drawn its current exhibition, "Lords of the Samurai" (through Sept. 20), from the Hosokawa family collection. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Collector, donor, writer, networker - now curator? MFA trustee Fred Sharf does it all. Aug 9, 2009
Some collectors are only interested in whether it s a pretty picture, says Anne Morse, the MFA s senior curator of Japanese Art ... He decided the 20th century was a great, underappreciated time for Japanese art. (Boston Globe)
Recent highlights from the Ideas blog Jul 26, 2009
A FLICKR USER named Happy Monkey has developed a new art form, tapecraft, that puts a contemporary gloss on the ancient Japanese art of origami. The smallish architectural forms are similarly complex: multifaceted spheroid objects covered with pyramids of various colors, for example. (Boston Globe)
Quilt Exhibit Reflects Changing America Jul 25, 2009
This Web site was designed using. about the benefits of standardized design. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Leading Indian artist passes away Jul 3, 2009
In 2003, Mehta hit international headlines when a Japanese art collector paid $317,500 for a triptych by the artist at Christie's in New York. At that time, it was the highest priced Indian contemporary painting. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Late 19th Century Scenes of Summer Jun 22, 2009
Cassatt, like her fellow Impressionists Edgar Degas and Claude Monet, would come under the spell of Japanese art during the latter decades of the 19th century and used key principles of Japanese composition and color in her own work ... The colors used are soft and muted but not dull, while the bobbing waves and swimming ducks are finely depicted and correlate to the love of nature in traditional Japanese art. (Suite101.com)
Scientists Create Custom 3-dimensional Structures With 'DNA Origami' Jun 16, 2009
Masters of the ancient Japanese art of origami make a series of folds in a single piece of paper to form stunningly intricate models of animals and other shapes. "We focus on doing this with DNA," explained Shih. (Science Daily)
School's out Jun 6, 2009
Families will learn about the Japanese Art of Ikebana and create their own to take home. 6/7/2009 Sunday 2:00p () West Palm Beach FL The Music behind the Magic: Disney, 1928Today explores the integral role that music has played in every facet of Disneys success, from animation and film to TV, radio and Broadway, as well as the record labels key songs. (The Palm Beach Post)
Kuniyoshi Exhibition Catalogue Bo... Jun 3, 2009
Timothy Clark, curator of the Academy's exhibition and leading authority on Japanese art, investigates Kuniyoshi's prolific output, as many as 10,000 different prints, by examining his incredibly wide-ranging subject matter. Kuniyoshi is renowned for his depictions of beautiful women, humorous scenes, Japanese warriors, vivid landscapes, caricatures of Kabuki actors, biographical portraits and, his favourite subject, cats. (Suite101.com)
Yuma artist's paintings to benefit cancer center May 31, 2009
That event featured artists belonging to an association of painters dedicated to a certain form of Japanese art. Robbins has studied Asian art techniques in her native Japan, where she has traveled three times for study with an art master. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
CALIFORNIAN: Inland Valley Opera brings 'The Mikado' to Temecula May 28, 2009
The Japanese setting of "The Mikado" arose from a visit by Gilbert to a Japanese art exhibition in London. Or so the story goes. (North County Times)
Knowledge Of Epigenetics Helps Scientists Develop Tool To Study Deadly Parasite’s Histone Code May 25, 2009
ScienceDaily (May 25, 2009) In the Japanese art of paper folding, a series of folds can make the same sheet of paper into a ballerina or baby elephant ... Epigenetics, it turns out, isn t much different from this old Japanese art: Each fold, or epigenetic crease, both limits and permits further potential folds in a way that mirrors how epigenetic changes seal a cell s fate. (Science Daily)
Asia exhibit stands out amid change at the Gardner Museum May 16, 2009
He gave her his Japanese tea set (which can be seen in the current exhibition) and swept her up in his circle of Japanese artists and colleagues ... Gardner resumed collecting Asian art, shifting her focus from Japanese art, which was very fashionable, to Chinese art, which was less so. (Boston Globe)
Budokon Aims To Introduce People To The Art Of Living May 2, 2009
The ancient Japanese art form is called , which means way of the spiritual warrior. It combines yoga, martial arts and meditation. (W-USA News, DC)
Appraisers are less magician, more forensic detective May 1, 2009
an appraiser who specializes in Asian art, has a doctorate in Asian and Japanese art and speaks Japanese. Rachael Blackburn Cozad, director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, is a fine arts appraiser. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Fresno Japanese-American artist dies at 88 Apr 28, 2009
Ms. Kasai bore that out in a 1996 interview when she said her Japanese heritage was reflected in her style but that she was never interested in making Japanese art. "Our family is Christian from way back," she said, "but Zen is always interesting. All those gardens and temples, so formal, so austere.". (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Secret side of Cabo San Lucas Apr 28, 2009
The Japanese art of origami is taken to a new level as chambermaids creatively fold towels, washcloths and bathmats into fans, palm trees and peacocks while bedspreads display swans, whales and sea gulls crafted from tiny seashells or sunflower seeds. Two infinity-style swimming pools, one with a swim-up bar and grill, overlook the sea from manicured desert grounds that contain a meditation garden. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Photo Finish Apr 11, 2009
Students from Maryknoll School, Maui High School, St. Andrew's Priory and Saint Louis School attended the half-day program, which included bon dance, bonsai, calligraphy, traditional crafts, ikebana (Japanese art of flower arrangement), soroban (Japanese abacus), tea ceremony and yukata wearing. The program began with a taiko demonstration by the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
The gravity of modern-art shift to Pacific Rim Apr 5, 2009
The heavily layered graphite circles connect both to the "enso" - or freehand circle - traditional in Japanese art, and to the circularity of the Guggenheim Museum's great rotunda. I asked Marioni if he thought the addition of literary material muddled the show's project. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* FEATURE : Chinese forgers take aim at Japanese art market Apr 4, 2009
FEATURE : Chinese forgers take aim at Japanese art market ... Other handicrafts, such as sword hilts known as tsuba, sought after by Japanese art lovers, have also been targeted by Chinese forgers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Moody Gardens Rainforest Pyramid reopeningApril 25 Apr 1, 2009
Visitors can also check out the McGinnis collection of the Japanese Art of Bonsai. The Oleander Society plans to host Jubilee Luncheon at the Moody Gardens Hotel on Friday, April 24 to gear up for the festival weekend. (KHOU.com, TX)
Surfing the Net With Kids: learning origami from websites Mar 20, 2009
Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Today's tour includes hundreds of easy-to-learn models. (Boston Globe)
Objects' show at UM Western Mar 20, 2009
Schlotzhauer's playful artwork is inspired by both graffiti and Japanese art. Some prints are made on kites and skateboards. (Montana Standard, MT)
Play’s stars require a little manipulation Feb 24, 2009
For the first half of the play, the three children are portrayed by Bunraku puppets, a traditional Japanese art form hundreds of years old. It s saying something about the powerlessness of children, St. Laurent said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Ninjas sent to fight tourism slump Feb 22, 2009
Hawaii Tourism Japan officials said it was the first time the ninja group has come to Hawai'i to promote a historically accurate depiction of a Japanese art popular in Hawai'i and worldwide. The tourism authorities emphasize that this ninja group is faithful to the ancient traditions. (Honolulu Advertiser)
'Scandalous' exhibit portrays French past Feb 17, 2009
There are also picture books and journals, such as Siegfried Bing's "Artistic Japan," featuring Japanese art. "All of the items in the exhibition add to our knowledge of this period of history," Stelts said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
* Looking into the past Feb 11, 2009
The exhibition, which was later renamed the Taiwan Governor-Generals Art Exhibition, or Futen, was aimed at promoting the cultural superiority of Japanese art, and Chinese calligraphy and ink painting were conspicuously absent because the colonial government wanted its Taiwanese subjects to follow the methods of Japanese painting, then a combination of traditional Japanese styles and Western realism known as nihonga ... The three waitresses in Lins canvas are dressed in dark-toned navy... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A sense of intimacy, reflecting life Feb 8, 2009
"I love the colours of Japanese prints and their appreciation of nature combined with man-made things like roof tiles. Modest subjects are treated with just as much respect as grand landscapes. A lot of Japanese art is an intimate view into whatever they are drawing. And my work is pretty intimate. Even my bush paintings are intimate - it's like you are standing right in the bush, close up.". Campbell's method is unique. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art scene: Students, new space, Chinese flair Feb 7, 2009
-- New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters is the new exhibit at the Clark Center for Japanese Art re in Hanford (15770 10th Ave.) The show opens Saturday and runs through May 9. It focuses on bamboo as a sculptural medium and was first presented in 2008 at the Japan Society Gallery in New York. (Fresno Bee)
