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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Additional Authors

• Rogers, Malcolm
• Snider, Stanley
• Snider, Mary Ann
• Morse, Anne Nishimura
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston issuing body, host institution, publisher.

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

Subject

• 1900 - 2099
• Bamboo sculpture, Japanese > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Bamboo sculpture, Japanese > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Bamboo baskets > Japan
• Basketwork > Exhibitions
• Pottery, Japanese > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions
• Bambus
• Keramik
• Kunsthandwerk
• Sammlung
• Art > Private collections
• Bamboo baskets
• Bamboo sculpture, Japanese
• Basketwork
• Pottery, Japanese
• Japan
• United States

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Utställningskataloger.

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.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

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

OCLC

• 845516489
• SCSB-10436982

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library