New bamboo : contemporary Japanese masters
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
New bamboo : contemporary Japanese masters
Japan Society , distributed by Yale University Press, c2008
Available at 19 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Exhibition catalogue
"...accompanies the exhibition New bamboo : contemporary Japanese masters, presented at Japan Society Gallery, New York, from October 4, 2008, to January 11, 2009, and at the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, California, from February 7 to May 9, 2009"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
While woven bamboo containers have been common in Asia for thousands of years, it is only in the past 150 years that basketry has become widely regarded as an art form. This stunning book celebrates contemporary Japanese bamboo masters whose breathtakingly beautiful and imaginative new works are changing the definition of basketry.
Focusing on contemporary bamboo artists working in sculptural forms, the book is based on recent interviews and critical analysis. In his compelling and accessible text, Joe Earle argues that today's bamboo sculpture reaches beyond its craft roots to abandon functionality, while maintaining meticulous attention to the rigorous technical skill on which Japanese basketry was founded. Poised between traditional and contemporary art and drawing inspiration from both, Japanese bamboo art sheds new light on the complex relationship between past and present cultures.
Distributed for the Japan Society
Exhibition Schedule:
Japan Society Gallery, New York (October 4, 2008 - January 11, 2009)
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, California (February 7 - May 9, 2009)
by "Nielsen BookData"