Introduction to the Exhibition?The Life of Animals in Japanese Art
29 Sep 2023
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Robert T. Singer, curator and head, department of Japanese art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Artworks representing animals?real or imaginary, religious or secular?span the full breadth and splendor of Japanese artistic production. As the first exhibition devoted to the subject, The Life of Animals in Japanese Art covers 17 centuries (from the sixth century to the present day) and a wide variety of media?sculpture, painting, lacquerwork, ceramics, metalwork, textile, and the woodblock print. A selection of some 315 works, drawn from Japanese and American public and private collections, includes seven that are designated as Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government. The artists represented range from Sesson Sh??kei, It?? Jakuch??, Soga Sh??haku, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, to Okamoto Tar??, Kusama Yayoi, Issey Miyake, Nara Yoshitomo, and Murakami Takashi. To celebrate the opening on June 2, 2019, Robert T. Singer introduces the exhibition curated with Masatomo Kawai, director, Chiba City Museum of Art, in consultation with a team of esteemed of Japanese art historians. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art is on view through August 18, 2019
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