Beyond The Wave - Contemporary Japanese Prints
date:Wednesday, July 23, 2008 time:10:00 AM to 5:00 PM venue:Phoenix Art Museum address:1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 View map posted by:Phoenix Art Museum
This exhibition explores diversity found
in the latest Japanese prints. The exhibition focuses on space
portrayed in contemporary prints: This space can be the space as the
universe, outdoor (landscape) or indoor space, or even an inner space
of an artist’s mind. During the Edo period (1600-1868), Japan produced
great woodblock-print artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige whose
prints of “famous places” are well-known in the western world. Backed
by this great tradition, but not bound by it, the print makers of the
21st-century Japan render redesigned spaces viewed through their
contemporary eyes. The exhibition encompasses prints in various styles
and mediums, such as lithograph, aquatint and dry point, and by a
diverse group of artists including women and foreigners who settled in
Japan.
Drawn from the collection of Mary and William Way, the exhibition will deliver the outlook on the continuing tradition of print making as one of the important artistic mediums in Japan.
Location : Orme Lewis Gallery
Date : May 24, 2008 – August 17, 2008
