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Living with antiques: A collection where East meets West.(American art)
How collectors decide on the focus of their collection is often a fascinating process. An interesting case in point is the story of a couple who came to American art after having achieved distinction as collectors of Asian, especially Japanese, art.
Their approach to American art was conditioned by what they had learned from Japanese art. First, they had acquired an advanced awareness of two-dimensional design, an essential quality of Japanese art and one that immediately sets up a tension between what is represented and how it is represented. Thus, for this couple, a painting's subject does not hold the absolute primacy it does with most collectors. A second ...
- Artful Play. (exhibition of Japanese art from April 1 to May 30, 1993 at the...
- Magazine article from: Art in America Duncan, Michael July 1, 1993 700+ words
...of so much of today's high and low American art, it was tonic to see in the recent...into the various mediums and genres of Japanese art through the concept of asobigokoro...Bruce Goff's elegant Pavilion for Japanese Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of...
- American art brass: innovative and artistic applications of industrial metals...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques D'Ambrosio, Anna Tobin October 1, 2005 700+ words
...from a variety of sources and cultures, including the so-called modern Gothic and Anglo-Japanese styles, authentic Japanese art, and "exotic" cultures such as Moorish and Persian. Most art brass goods are a mix of Anglo-Japanese or modern Gothic...
- Discover the Fine Art Galleries of California.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 17, 2008 700+ words
...dealers specializing in: African Art, African American Art, American Art, Art Nouveau, Asian Art, Book and Printing...and Roman Art, Impressionism, Indian Art, Japanese Art, Latin American Art, Mayan Art, Middle Eastern Art, Modern...
- Discover the Premier Fine Art Galleries of the American West.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 24, 2008 700+ words
...dealers specializing in: African Art, African American Art, American Art, Art Nouveau, Asian Art, Book and Printing...and Roman Art, Impressionism, Indian Art, Japanese Art, Latin American Art, Mayan Art, Middle Eastern Art, Modern...
- ARTS: Jewel Rivers; Japanese Art from the Burke Collection
- Newspaper article from: Asian Pages Jo Reaves October 31, 1994 700+ words
...10-31-1994 ARTS: Jewel Rivers; Japanese Art from the Burke Collection. Shimmering...Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Jewel River: Japanese Art from the Burke Collection which can...of the finest private collections of Japanese art in America. Begun by Mary and Jackson...
- At the Freer, Wildlife Imitates Art
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Eric Brace May 22, 1995 700+ words
...2 or five inches long," says Linda Merrill, the Fre\er's associate curator of American art and co-curator (with associate curator of Japanese art Ann Yonemura) of the exhibit. "It was flying around the ceiling and looked just like...
- Surviving Japanese Art Market Takes Strength and Dedication.(the Japanese art...
- Magazine article from: Art Business News LYONS, JESSICA August 1, 2001 700+ words
...head south, U.S. publishers say Japanese art sales are holding steady, and Japan...cultivated strong relationships with Japanese art buyers and galleries say business is...a name for themselves in the current Japanese art market: Good luck. "The Japanese...
- Current and coming: Wright as a collector of Japanese art. (architect Frank...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Ledes, Allison Eckardt March 1, 1995 700+ words
...craftsmen, and architects who collected Japanese art at the turn of the century. An exhibition...of his life, Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Art, opens on March 11 at the Phoenix Art...furniture, drawings, and writings on Japanese art by Wright. The architect's house...
Source: HighBeam Research, Living with antiques: A collection where East meets West.(American...