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Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan
British Museum, London
Thu, 18th October 2007 - Sun, 21st October 2007
From £5.00*Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan features some of the most beautiful Japanese art-crafts produced during the past fifty years including ceramics, textiles, lacquer, metal, wood, bamboo, glass and dolls. The exhibition presents works by members of the Japan Art Crafts Association (Nihon Kogeikai), many of them designated ’Living National Treasures’ in Japan, a title conferred by the Japanese government on exemplary individuals who carry on Japanese traditions. Crafting Beauty will demonstrate how the beauty, skill and modernity found in these contemporary pieces draws on the strength of traditional crafts skills. ’Uniquely in the developed world Japan has preserved the most authentic and least self-conscious continuing craft tradition...these beautiful works are masterpieces of the kind of art that is used and appreciated in many Japanese homes every day.’ - Grayson Perry, artist Organised with The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. In association with The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan Art Crafts Association and The Japan Foundation. Supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Transportation supported by All Nippon Airways Project support from The Asahi Shimbun. Image: Kuroda Tatsuaki Ornamental box in a flowing design, about 1957. Red lacquer on wood (seikishitsu) Lent by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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