November 2 – 8, 2009 at Japan Society
SERIZAWA KEISUKE (1895-1984) Chinese Character Haru (Spring), 1954. Stencil-dyed paper, 29 7/8 x 24 1/2 in. Tōhoku Fukushi University Serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft Museum. |
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EXHIBITION
Serizawa:
Master of Japanese Textile Design
Now Open
Living National Treasure Serizawa Keisuke (18951984) used stencil-dyeing techniques to create irresistible works of art that range from screens and kimonos to book covers and magazine designs.
View an image gallery from the exhibition
Gallery hours:
Tuesday through Thursday
11 am – 6 pm
Friday 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday & Sunday 11 am – 5 pm
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SERIZAWA KEISUKE (1895-1984) Abstract Designs, 1976. Kimono, hand-painted and stencil-dyed tsumugi-weave silk, 64 1/8 x 51 3/8 in. Kashiwa City. |
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FAMILY PROGRAM
Fun with Fabric Art Cart
Sunday, November 8
2 PM
Led by a Japan Society educator, children and their families receive an introduction to Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design by exploring the galleries through sketching, movement and discussion. In the hands-on part of the program, children and their families try on kimonos and, working with an artist, make their own stenciled fabric art.
For tickets, please call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. – Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Weekends 11 am – 5 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
LECTURE
Copenhagen & Beyond:
A Multilateral Debate about Climate Change Policy
Tuesday, November 10
6:30 PM
In this panel, Jun Arima, Deputy Director General, Global Environmental Affairs, METI; The Honorable Zhenmin Liu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations; Elliot Diringer, Vice President, International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change; and Takao Shibata, chair of the working group that drafted the Kyoto Protocol, debate the direction of international climate change policy.
Buy Tickets Online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. – Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Weekends 11 am – 5 pm. |
PERFORMANCE
Vital Signals
Japanese & American Video Art from the 1960s and ’70s
Saturday, November 14
2 PM – 10:30 PM
Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut. ”Waiting for Commercials,” 1966-72, 1992. Courtesy of EAI, New York.
Co-presented with EAI, the leading international resource for video and media art, the three-part screening program brings together rarely screened and seminal video art works.
Open Television 2–4 pm
The Language of Technology 5:45–7:15 pm
Artist Discussion 7:30–8:15 pm
Body Acts 8:30–10:30 pm
For All Day Passes, please call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. – Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Weekends 11 am – 5 pm.
For one video screening, Buy Tickets Online or call the Japan Society Box Office.
LOCATION
Unless otherwise noted, all programs are held at Japan Society,
333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 (at First Avenue).
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