"New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters" Exhbition
Japan Society Gallery
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Over the past few years, Japanese bamboo artists have reached beyond the established boundaries of their craft. "New Bamboo" is the world’s first exhibition devoted exclusively to Japanese bamboo as a sculptural medium, featuring 23 innovators, old and young, who exploit to the full the tension between traditional skill and new expressive opportunities. Ranging from ethereal, computer-designed filigrees, through dramatic wall pieces to angry-looking, dirt-encrusted tangles and anthropomorphic, sexually charged sculptures, the 88 works on display demonstrate awesome technique, meticulous attention to detail, and extraordinary creativity.
[Image: Shōno Tokuzō "Illusion" (2007), bamboo and steel. 27 1/2 x 51 1/4 in. Collection of the Artist. Photo: Teruhiko Osaki]
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Schedule
from October 04, 2008 to January 11, 2009
Artist(s)
Shōno Tokuzō, Matsumoto Hafū, Honma Hideaki, Yako Hōdō, Torii Ippō, Fujitsuka Shōsei, Yamaguchi Ryūun, Tanabe Mitsuko, Ikeda Iwao et al.