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New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters (Japan Society Series) - Hardcover

Earle, Joe

 
9780300141412: New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters (Japan Society Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300141416 ISBN 13: 9780300141412
Publisher: Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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)

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About the Author

 Joe Earle is vice president and director of the gallery at Japan Society, New York City.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0300141416
ISBN 13 
9780300141412
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
128