Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial in Japan
Artists from Japan and around the world are featured in the Echigo-Tsumart Art Triennial 2009.
Tag: Japanese Contemporary Art
Louisa Bufardeci and Zon Ito: MCA Sydney
Australian artist Louisa Bufardeci is paired with Japanese contemporary artist Zon Ito at MCA Sydney. An “International Pairings” exhibition.
100 Origami Masterpieces
Origami (from ori meaning “folding”, and kami meaning “paper”) is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper medium. “Origami” refers to all types of paper folding, even those [...]
The Only Manga Museum in the World
Kyoto, famed for its geisha girls and global warming protocol, is also home to the only museum catering to manga, i.e. Japanese comics of wide-eyed heroes and heroines. The Kyoto International Manga Museum opened in November 2006 in a refurbished primary school and houses approximately 200,000 manga books and assorted historical items. On any given [...]
