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New Japanese Art at the PMA |
Cornucopia: Recent Acquisitions in Japanese Art
Now through October 2008
Philadelphia Art Museum Main Building, 2nd Floor, Galleries 241, 242, and 243
26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
This exhibition showcases select works that celebrate the Museum's
steadily growing collection of Japanese art. Among the most important
objects featured is an exemplary seventeenth-century painting of a Deer Mandala
(seen left). Rendered on silk and mounted as a hanging scroll, the
piece celebrates the sacred animal messenger of the Shinto deities.
A display of lacquer vessels made for both ritual and secular uses
represents another significant area of collection expansion during the
past few years. Likewise, a selection of contemporary works of art
reflects the Museum's increasing interest in the extraordinary crafts
of basketry, metalwork and ceramics that has guided acquisitions of
pieces made by the living artists of Japan.
For more information, visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art website.
Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan
April 26, 2008 - July 20, 2008
Philadelphia Art Museum Perelman Building, Spain Gallery
Fairmount and Pennsylvania Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19130
This exhibition features approximately 90 kimono created in the early to mid-twentieth centuries, one of the most dynamic periods in the history of Japan's national costume. It includes formal, semi-formal, and casual kimono, haori jackets, and under-kimono (juban) worn by men, women, and children. Some of these garments reflect historical continuity in designs and techniques, while many others illustrate a dramatic break with aspects of kimono tradition, as themes and designs from Western art began to predominate over historical Japanese references.
For more information, visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art website.
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