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Bamboo is the Medium, Japanese Sculpture Show, New York, October 4-11
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by leconcierge | October 2, 2008 at 06:32 am
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Bamboo is the Medium, Japanese Sculpture Show, New York, October 4-11
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Not to be their mouthpiece but I have to mention New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, a sculpture show opening on Saturday, October 4 at the Japan Society in New York.
93 sculptures by 23 artists using bamboo as their main medium will be displayed.
They run the gamut from geometrical figures to human expression such as the 'Faces' below made of Bamboo, lacquer, and powdered polishing stone and clay by Nagakura Ken’ichi.
On his Textile Arts profile Nagakura Kenichi tells us "For me it is very important to use parts of a bamboo plant from above ground and parts from below ground. I like to add bamboo roots to some of my work as a reminder of the dark side of life."
The show runs from October 4th to October 11.
Price:
General Admission is $12; students & seniors $10; Japan Society members and children under 16 free. For the Consumed to Thrifty crowd: Admission is Free to All on Friday nights, 6-9 PM.
Gallery hours:
Tuesday through Thursday 11 am - 6 pm
Friday 11 am - 9 pm
Saturday & Sunday 11 am - 5 pm
The gallery is closed on Mondays.
For your eyes only this Tokyo Thursdays #58
Related: 20th Century Japanese Artists, Step by Step, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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at 04:27 on October 3rd, 2008
leconcierge, I like this story. It's good stuff. sounds interesting. do post images from the show. thanks.
at 09:50 on October 3rd, 2008
no, it is not used for art in pakistan. it is not indigenous to this country and is grown privately by those who love the plant. but imported bamboo is used extensively all over the country - to prop 'shamiana' which is a large tent used as topcover for holding wedding parties or any other large gathering of people in open spaces. it is also used for scaffolding purposes in the construction industry. of course this is only the tall hard dry woody part of the bamboo.