The exhibition spans more than a century of Japanese color
woodblock printing as represented by three generations of artists who produced prints from the 1830s to the 1970s.
In the centre of the gallery, he set up a fully functional print studio, where he was present with a team of assistants two afternoons per week, making carefully carved
woodblock prints as visitors observed him.
The talk will touch on Judd's four - decade engagement with
woodblock prints as well as his interest and use of color across all media.
Not exact matches
Elsewhere throughout the exhibition, Asian art abounds: from Zao Wou - ki's 1953 «Lune Noire,» a dreamlike vision of blue and gold, to the delicately detailed ukiyo - e
woodblock prints, to Nam June Paik's «Global Grove,» an avant - garde 1970s video art that both reflects on and foreshadows the growing impact of television
as «the landscape of tomorrow.»
Taking influence from classical portraiture, Egyptian hieroglyphs and Japanese
woodblock prints,
as well
as public signage, information boards, and traffic signs, the artist connects the clean visual language of modern life, with the fundamentals of art history.
Zheng Xuewu orchestrates complex compositions by actively and freely transferring, one - by one, many hundreds of images onto paper using hand - carved
woodblocks, cast metal
printing type, stamps and found objects
as printing tools.
She has made tapestries, embroideries and furniture,
as well
as using
woodblock printing methods and hand - painted 16 mm film.
The selection presented here includes the work of internationally renowned masters, such
as Munakata Shikō, whose bold monochrome
woodblock prints redefined the possibilities of that time - honored process, and Hamaguchi Yōzō, whose meticulous mezzotints inspired an entire generation to take up that demanding technique.
Hugo McCloud (b1980, Palo Alto, California) is known for his large - scale abstract paintings that use materials such
as tar paper and metal, and engage with traditional
woodblock printing techniques.
His unique
woodblock prints often illustrate social issues such
as corruption, environmental damage, consumerism and social division, while his paintings depict simpler yet rich and symbolic motifs with explorations in colors and textures.
Frankenthaler has worked with Pace
Prints to create four Ukiyo - e plus woodcuts, including «Geisha» (2003), a twenty - three color Ukiyo - e woodcut
printed from 15
woodblocks on Torinoko paper and mounted onto Fabriano Classico,
as well
as «Book of Clouds,» a large - scale
print using a combination of aquatint, woodcut and pochoir techniques.
The exhibition focuses on the work of four artists: Helen Hyde (1868 — 1919), Bertha Lum (1869 — 1954), Elizabeth Keith (1887 — 1956), and Lilian Miller (1895 — 1942), all of whom trained
as painters but, while living in Japan, also designed
woodblock prints.
By investigating the intersection of American art, East Asia, and the
woodblock print movement, Visions of the Orient explores the various ways that «the orient» served
as a liberating professional space for these female artists and
as a place of creative inspiration.
Drawing influence from classical portraiture, Egyptian hieroglyphs and Japanese
woodblock prints,
as well
as public signage, information boards and traffic signs, the artist connects the clean visual language of modern life, with the fundamentals of art history.
A week - long exploration working in intaglio to create multi color
prints from one copper plate, combining traditional etching process with a la poupee inking, mono
printing, chine colle, with the option of using a
woodblock as a second plate / matrix.
This exceptional
woodblock print on handmade paper is immediately identifiable
as the work of master printmaker Carol Summers (1925 - 2016)(check out his bio in Wikipedia).
In such acclaimed works such
as 2003's Untitled I (Female), 2009's King Kata # 3: Peel Out (After Yoshitoshi's Incomparable Warriors: Women Han Gaku, and A Children's Story, she also draws upon Japanese Ukiyo - E
woodblock prints and paintings.
In addition to the exhibition of her
woodblock prints, the Clark presents
As in Nature: Helen Frankenthaler Paintings, which focuses on nature as a long - standing inspiration for the artis
As in Nature: Helen Frankenthaler Paintings, which focuses on nature
as a long - standing inspiration for the artis
as a long - standing inspiration for the artist.
He orchestrates complex compositions by actively transferring, one - by - one, many hundreds of images onto paper using hand - carved
woodblocks, cast metal
printing type, stamps and found objects
as printing tools.
Ms Büttner, a Stuttgart - born artist who studied at the Royal College of Art in London, works in
prints, sculpture, painting and film, but attracted attention for her use of unfashionable media such
as woodblock prints and glass painting.
Taking the wood and elevating it to the wall, the
woodblock print repeats
as a wall treatment and dominates the space.
Participants may work with visiting artists and the Curator of Education and focus on a particular movement or type of work — such
as white - line
woodblock prints, portraiture, or Abstract Expressionism.
In her series of reduction
woodblock prints entitled The Sum of All the Parts, López uses the medium to layer texture and color
as she describes the rusting surfaces of I - beams and the very joints of construction.
The exhibit features pieces that take a traditional stance on this theme, such
as «The Great Wave off Kanagawa» (1830), a multicolor
woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai, juxtaposed against modern pieces such
as Christian Marclay's «Bottled Water» (1990), a glass bottle filled with un-spooled audiotape recordings of dripping water.
The Smart Museum mounted an exhibition of lithographs, linoleum cuts,
woodblock prints, and related drawings and ephemera by this artist who was highly influential in Figurative and Pop Art trends,
as well
as in the locally based Chicago Imagist movement.
Workshops see artist Tal R bring a fortune telling tent and
woodblock printing studio to the Art Gallery, so that weekend visitors can watch
as magenta
prints are created, and a two - day Spiritual Speed Dating event whereby leading figures from various religions, lifestyles and teachings discuss spirituality, creativity and rituals.
He works in the ancient tradition of
woodblock printing using
as many
as 15 colors in a single
print.
Belgian artist, Goedele Peeters, also visited our department for a short visit, serving
as a Resident Printmaker, making relief
woodblock prints with the assistance of our students.
Highlights include: a unique collection of Asian ceramics from Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar; sculptural masterpieces such
as the magnificent Japanese Amida Nyorai, the Sino - Tibetan White and the Jain Shri Mallinath and Vijayanagara period Siva nataraja from India; craftworks like the Javanese ninth - century Kala and Batak Mortuary puppet (si gale gale); a definitive collection of Indian textiles dating from 1350s to the 19th century; ukiyo - e
woodblock prints like the Thirty - six views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige; plus rare objects such
as a Celestial globe (1780 — 81), and a heterodox Mughal portrait of Prophet Muhammad riding the bouraq steed.
By exploring new mediums, like the Internet outside of the traditional mediums like paint, charcoal and
woodblock printing and breaking from the history of Resistance Art that formed part of the anti-Apartheid struggle, they have yielded new artistic directions, which has meant their contributions have positioned them
as exciting young talents worthy of attention and has added impetus to the importance of understanding the significance of young, emerging artists in South Africa's ever developing discourse.
Katsukawa Shunshô, Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX
as Aroka Genda Teruikado, c. 1777,
printed c. 1910;
woodblock print; Gift of Dr. S. R. Shapiro; 74.421; © University of New Mexico Art Museum
Ganesh's works harness a broad range of visual referents, drawing equally from German expressionism and Japanese
woodblock prints, and contemporary visual idioms such
as psychedelic
print culture, anime, and comics.
Influenced by artists
as diverse
as Sol LeWitt and Regina Silveira, and the
woodblock prints of Japanese artists including Katsushika Hokusai, Cinto's Encontro das Águas (Encounter of Waters) includes an intricate wall drawing, whose ambitious proportions convey a mesmerizing view of an expansive waterscape.
The Wooster Street space contained several of the Tobias» large - scale
woodblock prints for which they are best known,
as well
as a series of ceramic sculptures, whereas the Grand Street space was mostly filled with collages, -LSB-...]
Mr. LeWitt, 75, started collecting stamps when he was 9 and, later,
as a soldier stationed in Japan during the Korean War, collected
woodblock prints.
There are also Asian sculptures,
woodblock prints, paintings, and sculpture gardens displaying sculptors» works
as part of the landscape.
Our current home has ocean inspired decor such
as vintage glass floats and an octopus
woodblock print; they say «beach» without said mermaid tail.