Mfa Boston Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

The mfa s asian art collection covers the creative achievement of more than half the world s population since 4000 bc.

Mfa boston contemporary japanese ceramics.

During the last decade the exciting shapes and technical finesse in japanese contemporary ceramics and baskets have attracted new audiences among western enthusiasts. We welcome more than one million visitors each year to experience art from ancient egyptian to contemporary special exhibitions and innovative educational programs. The museum of fine arts boston mfa presents fired earth woven bamboo. The mfa is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world.

Japanese ceramics for the new century was organized by the museum of fine arts boston. Fired earth woven bamboo. In 1890 the mfa became the first museum in america to establish a japanese collection and appoint a curator specializing in japanese art. The exhibition was curated by joe earle the mfa s matsutaro shoriki chair of the department of art of asia oceania and africa.

Recently attention has centered on more abstract works produced by modern ceramic and bamboo artists including pioneering female ceramists who beginning in the 1950s turned. Featuring 60 examples made by more than 35 artists over the last two decades this exhibition the first of its kind at the mfa offers a snapshot of everything that is most innovative creative and iconoclastic in present day japanese ceramics. And indian painting and sculpture. Contemporary japanese ceramics and bamboo art an exhibition that highlights the meticulous craftsmanship and highly creative sculptural forms of japanese decorative arts.

The museum of fine arts boston is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world with a collection that exemplifies the breadth richness and diversity of artistic expression from prehistoric times to modern day. Featuring some one hundred works by close to sixty 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. 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. Japanese prints and metalwork.

The collection encompasses nearly 450 000 works of art. And chinese korean and vietnamese ceramics the. Japan today is home to the world s most vibrant ceramic culture with many thousands of potters working the length and breadth of the country. While works by living artists have always been collected by the mfa winslow homer claude monet and john singer sargent were contemporary artists when some of their paintings were acquired the department of contemporary art was only established formally in the museum s centennial year 1971.