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Making Waves: Contemporary Japanese Prints from the Mary and William Way Collection

Phoenix Art Museum

May 24-August 17, 2008

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This exhibition explores diversity found in the latest Japanese prints. The exhibition focuses on space portrayed in contemporary prints: This space can be the space as the universe, outdoor (landscape) or indoor space, or even an inner space of an artists mind. During the Edo period (1600-1868), Japan produced great woodblock-print artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige whose prints of 'famous places' are well-known in the western world. Backed by this great tradition, but not bound by it, the print makers of the 21st-century Japan render redesigned spaces viewed through their contemporary eyes. The exhibition encompasses prints in various styles and mediums, such as lithograph, aquatint and dry point, and by a diverse group of artists including women and foreigners who settled in Japan. Drawn from the collection of Mary and William Way, the exhibition will deliver the outlook on the continuing tradition of print making as one of the important artistic mediums in Japan. Exhibit Location: Orme Lewis Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum

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  Tickets: $10/Adults, $8/Seniors (65+) and Students, $4/Youth (6-17), Free/Members and Children Under 6

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  Dates:
  May 24-August 17, 2008

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  Tuesday 10:00am-9:00pm, Wednesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm

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  Phoenix Art Museum

  1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004

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  • Event Name: Human Nature: The Photographs of Barbara Bosworth
    "Great art exhibit!"
    Review posted by: Stephanie from Phx., Az., U.S.A. , Jun 08, 2008
    

    Beautiful photography in black and white and in color. I especially love the bird series, the trees and the meadow series that she created.

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    Beautiful photography in black and white and in color. I especially love the bird series, the trees and the meadow series that she created.

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  • Event Name: Illuminated Manuscripts
    "Breath-taking and illuminating"
    Review posted by: Ken Gallatin from Phoenix AZ, Jan 09, 2008
    

    I merely went to see the old scrolls and fragments, but I got so much more. The St. John's Bible blew me away. No photo does it justice. Stunning. Beautiful in its own right, it surprised me in an art... Expand

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    I merely went to see the old scrolls and fragments, but I got so much more. The St. John's Bible blew me away. No photo does it justice. Stunning. Beautiful in its own right, it surprised me in an art form we see so little. What a great find! Don't miss it. The old manuscripts convey the depth and history of many cultures that have carried art and scripture next to our ancestors' bosoms so that they could pass down these torches of civilization to us. I was in awe; when it was time to go, I couldn't. I turned around and went through the exhibit again. Don't miss the Syriac Peshitta and Coptic manuscripts nor the steps involved in getting European versions to the printing press. Beyond the thrill of the artwork and the profundity of this exhibition's message, I walked away, eventually, with a sense of the piety from a couple millennia. Many thanks to Phoenix Art Museum and the collectors who lent us this view extending from ancient Mesopotamia to the dazzle of post-modern illumination. Collapse

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