Warning: include(publications_2012.html) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /is/htdocs/wp10562452_V6ST36PBNI/www/et.com/includes/php/template/publications_latest.html on line 6
Warning: include(publications_2012.html) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /is/htdocs/wp10562452_V6ST36PBNI/www/et.com/includes/php/template/publications_latest.html on line 6
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'publications_2012.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear/php5') in /is/htdocs/wp10562452_V6ST36PBNI/www/et.com/includes/php/template/publications_latest.html on line 6
Golden Treasures: Japanese Gold Lacquer Boxes
I feel honored to present Golden Treasures: Japanese Gold Lacquer Boxes, a select collection of 20 Japanese lacquer boxes in an exhibition that opens during New York’s Asia Week 2011. These exquisite works of art date from the Edo period through today and reveal to our eye the endlessly inventive sense of design that characterizes so much of Japanese art.
[...]
Japanese Paintings and Works of Art
I am delighted to present our annual spring catalog, which features selections from my five specialties within Japanese art: screens, paintings, bamboo baskets, ceramics and gold lacquers. All items presented here were made in accordance with Japanese taste and aesthetics and are connected with either domestic artistic traditions or with the important question of how to integrate new Western ideas into Japanese arts.
[...]
Contemporary Lacquer by
Yamazaki Mushū
It has been three years since we introduced the work of Yamazaki Mushū to the West at the 2006 International Asian Art Fair in New York. Since then, his fine aesthetic sense, technical skill, and attention to detail have found wide admiration internationally.
This year’s selection, comprising his 10 newest works from 2007 and 2008, shows again his consummate skill in the medium and his continued dedication to making art objects of the highest quality by traditional methods using the finest materials.
[...]
Sueharu Fukami 深見 陶治
It is my great pleasure to host a solo exhibition of works by Sueharu Fukami, the most famous Japanese ceramicist working today.
Over twenty years ago I found my first Fukami piece in Kyoto, a vase whose sleek lines and beautiful glaze fascinated me (catalog nr. 18). Four years later, in 1991, I met Sueharu Fukami for the first time at the wedding ceremony of my brother, who married the artist’s niece. Since then I have kept in close contact with him, seeing his works in his home as well as at museums, galleries, and private collections, and adding gradually to my collection. This exhibition—the inaugural exhibit at our new gallery location in New York— marks the first time that I show my appreciation publicly.
[...]
Japanese Paintings and Works of Art
After our relocation in September 2006 from Germany to New York, this year is marked by another, shorter move from 83rd Street to our new gallery on East 74th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues. We look forward to seeing you at our new and convenient location.
I am delighted to present our third catalog, which again features selections from my five specialties within Japanese art: screens, paintings, bamboo baskets, ceramics and lacquers. All items presented here were made, not with export in mind, but rather for the domestic market and in accordance with Japanese taste and aesthetics. Most of the objects are connected with one or more of the four classical arts: the ways of tea, flowers, calligraphy, and incense (Sadō, Kadō, Shodō, and Kōdō).
[...]
View publication (pdf file 4.2 mb)
Purchase publication from Paragon Books
Contemporary Lacquer by
Yamazaki Mushū
Two years have passed since we had the privilege of introducing the art of Yamazaki Mushū to the West at the 2006 International Asian Art Fair in New York. Since then, his fine aesthetic sense, technical skill, and attention to detail have found wide admiration internationally.
This year’s selection, spanning 13 years of his work from 1995 to 2007, shows his early mastery and illustrates his continued dedication to making art objects of the highest quality by traditional methods using the finest materials. Coming from an area with a long heritage in lacquer art and inspired by earlier artists, Mushū builds on these traditions and adds surprising and innovative details.
It is with great pleasure that I present further works by Yamazaki Mushū in this third collection, to be introduced at the 2008 International Asian Art Fair.
Erik Thomsen
Japanese Paintings and Works of Art
[...] From our new location in New York City I am delighted to present our second catalog, which features a carefully chosen selection from my five specialties within Japanese art: screens, paintings, bamboo baskets, ceramics and lacquers. All items presented here were made, not with export in mind, but rather for the domestic market and in accordance with Japanese taste and aesthetics. Most of the objects are connected with one or more of the four classical arts: the ways of tea, flowers, calligraphy, and incense (Sadō, Kadō, Shodō, and Kō dō ). [...]
View publication (pdf file 5.6 mb)
Purchase publication from Paragon Books
Contemporary Lacquer by
Yamazaki Mushū
[...] A year has passed since we had the privilege of introducing the art of Yamazaki Mushū to the West at the 2006 International Asian Art Fair in New York. Since then, his fine aesthetic sense and his attention to detail have found wide admiration internationally.
This year's selection, spanning a decade of his work from 1996 to 2006, shows his early mastery and illustrates his continued dedication to making art objects of the highest quality by traditional methods using the finest materials. Coming from an area with a long heritage in lacquer art and inspired by earlier artists, Mushū builds on these traditions and adds surprising and innovative details. [...]
Japanese Paintings and Works of Art
It is with great pleasure that I present this inaugural catalog, which includes a selection from my five specialties within classical Japanese art: screens, paintings, bamboo baskets, ceramics and lacquers. Unlike most Japanese art objects seen in the West, all items presented here were made, not with exports in mind, but rather for the Japanese market. Such artwork avoids many of the compromises and alterations in artistic traditions that mark the art made to fit foreign tastes. Instead, we see works of art that were clearly created in line with Japanese aesthetics and traditions. Most of the objects here were made with one or more of the four classical arts in mind: the ways of tea, flowers, calligraphy, and incense (Sadō, Kadō, Shodō, and Kōdō). [...]
View publication (pdf file 11.2 mb)
Purchase publication from Paragon Books
Contemporary Lacquer by
Yamazaki Mushū
When I first met the lacquer master Yamazaki Mushū in Japan last year, I was deeply impressed, not only with the quality of his makie lacquer works, but also with his passion and his earnest commitment to make works of the highest possible quality. Mushū uses the rich heritage in lacquer of his native Northern Japan as a solid base from which he makes new works of art with innovative designs. I particularly value his newer works, which present us with unexpected details, such as the chestnut incense box with ants and the tea bowl netsuke with simulated gold lacquer repair.
It is with great pleasure that I present Mushū in this, his inaugural exhibit in the US.
|