Jackson Pollock: The First Major Japan Exhibition
Despite his art superstar status, Jackson Pollock's avant-gardism has proved a stumbling block in Japan. Surprisingly, "Jackson...
Takanori Oguiss: the Japanese Utrillo
When I first saw the oil paintings of Paris by the Japanese artist, Takanori Oguiss (1901-1986), I was strangely reminded of the neutron...
Shinsui Ito: An Eye for the Ladies
Yubi 1922 Shinsui Ito (1898-1972) was a central figure during Japan's artistic identity crisis in the 20th century. As wave after...
The Bewitching Art of Fuyuko Matsui
Photo: C.B.Liddell There's something bewitching about Fuyuko Matsui. I mean that in both senses of the word. Yes, she's rathe...
Belgium's Bicultural Heart of Darkness
Ghent, Evening (1903) by Albert Baertsoen Looking at the Tokyo listings, I see that there are a couple of exhibitions focusing on bygo...
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George Segal: Standing Out from the Crowd
Art does not exist in a neat little bubble. Contemporary events, like the devastating terrorist attack on America, effect the way we ...
Greek Sculpture: The Naked and the Divine
How many of the artworks being made today will stand the test of time and still be appreciated more than 2,000 years in the future — as...
Hubert Robert: The Power of the Past
Modernity is characterized by a linear concept of time, with the past cast in the role of an ever-diminishing point on the horizon behi...
Harue Koga: The Art of Assimilating Western Styles
Fireworks The curse of early Western-style Japanese painters is the charge of derivativeness. Simply because they embraced foreign art...
Undressing the Myth Behind Goya
What courage! On first appraisal, it might seem that the organizers have brought the wrong Maja to Japan for the exhibition "Go...
Rules are Made to be Broken: Gervex, Renoir, Cezanne & Picasso
Woman Seated in an Armchair, 1923 Nowadays an artist has complete freedom to paint, carve, construct, install, or simply do whateve...
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