Research Catalog

Title

Fired earth, woven bamboo : contemporary Japanese ceramics and bamboo art from the Stanley and Mary Ann Snider collection / Kazuko Todate ; with Anne Nishimura Morse.

Author

Todate, Kazuko

Publication

• Boston : MFA Publications/Museum of Fine Arts, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rogers, Malcolm
• Snider, Stanley
• Snider, Mary Ann
• Morse, Anne Nishimura

Description

163 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color); 22 x 27 cm

Summary

"The blossoming of contemporary crafts in Japan that began in the twentieth century is rooted in a long and rich tradition of exquisite design and technical accomplishment. Featuring some 100 works by close to 60 artists, Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo showcases the range of creative approaches in Japanese ceramics and bamboo art beginning in the postwar period and focusing on the past three decades. Some artists choose to break out of the bounds of vessel shapes to create wildly sculptural forms, whereas others choose to pursue individual expression through more nuanced approaches. All engage in dialogue with their materials as well as with traditional forms, functions, and techniques. The works that spring from their hands--delicate or monumental, humorous or spiritual, rustic or sophisticated--testify to the vitality of the contemporary crafts movement and to the marvelous variety of artistic achievement it has fostered. Enhanced with historical and biographical essays by a leading expert on Japanese crafts, Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo provides a fascinating tour of contemporary ceramic and bamboo arts in Japan as well as an introduction to the riches of the Mary Ann and Stanley Snider Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"--Page 2 of cover.

Alternative Title

Contemporary Japanese ceramics and bamboo art from the Stanley and Mary Ann Snider collection

Subjects

• Art > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions
• Bamboo baskets > Japan
• Pottery, Japanese > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Bamboo sculpture, Japanese > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Bamboo sculpture, Japanese > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Basketwork > Exhibitions

Note

• "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from November 12, 2013, to September 8, 2014"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Director's Foreword / Malcolm Rogers -- Collectors' Preface / Stanley and Mary Ann Snider -- From Artisan to Artist -- Pioneer Ceramic Artists -- The First Avant-Garde Generation -- Between Tradition and Avant-Garde -- Expanding the Expressive Range -- Women Ceramicists Come Into Their Own -- The Current Generation -- Tradition and Experiment in Bamboo Art -- Artist Biographies -- Associations and Exhibitions -- Checklist -- Figure Illustrations.

Call Number

JQF 14-302

ISBN

• 9780878468058 (pbk.)
• 0878468056 (pbk.)
• 9780878468232 (hbk.)
• 0878468234 (hbk.)

OCLC

845516489

Author

Todate, Kazuko, author.

Title

Fired earth, woven bamboo : contemporary Japanese ceramics and bamboo art from the Stanley and Mary Ann Snider collection / Kazuko Todate ; with Anne Nishimura Morse.

Publisher

Boston : MFA Publications/Museum of Fine Arts, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2013

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Rogers, Malcolm, writer of added commentary.

Snider, Stanley, writer of added commentary.

Snider, Mary Ann, writer of added commentary.

Morse, Anne Nishimura, author.

Research Call Number

JQF 14-302