~1/7/2018 ” Flash of Light, Fog of War”日本の歴史アート鑑賞 @UNC Chapel Hill, NC

ただいまUNC Chapel HillのAckland Art Museumにて日本のアート、浮世絵の展示をしています。

2018年1月7日までの展示となっておりますのでぜひ一度お出かけください。

Flash of Light, Fog of War spotlights Dramatic Japanese Prints in Innovative Installation November 2017 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Bowles, Director of Communications, 919.843.3675, emily.bowles@unc.edu Chapel Hill, N.C. — This fall, the Ackland Art Museum presents Flash of Light, Fog of War: Japanese Military Prints, 1894-1905, an expansive exhibition showcasing 75 Japanese prints of battle scenes from the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War at the turn of the 20th century.

アメリカにいるとなかなか日本の歴史に触れることができませんが、今回UNCチャペルヒル校のAckland Art Museumで展示されているものは、1894-1905年の日本の戦争の歴史をアート鑑賞という形で見ることができます。日本に興味のある周りのアメリカ人もお誘いして、どうぞご一緒にお楽しみください。

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website here: http://ackland.org/exhibition/flash-light-fog-war/

 

Flash of Light, Fog of War spotlights Dramatic Japanese Prints in Innovative Installation November 2017 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Bowles, Director of Communications, 919.843.3675, emily.bowles@unc.edu Chapel Hill, N.C. — This fall, the Ackland Art Museum presents Flash of Light, Fog of War: Japanese Military Prints, 1894-1905, an expansive exhibition showcasing 75 Japanese prints of battle scenes from the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War at the turn of the 20th century. Drawing from a recent, major gift to the Ackland of over 240 Japanese prints from Gene and Susan Roberts, Flash of Light, Fog of War presents these military scenes in an unprecedented manner: rather than being arranged chronologically, the dramatic atmospheric and luminescent effects depicted in the prints organize the exhibition. Starting with prints featuring moonlight, the exhibition moves through scenes that include electric searchlights, pyrotechnic explosions, and the fog and smoke of the aftermath of battle. The show’s emphasis on technique provides a unique opportunity to examine how late 19thcentury Japanese printmakers adapted to the realities of rapidly modernizing warfare. By tweaking the centuries-old tradition of ukiyo-e (woodblock printing), printmakers achieved altogether new atmospheric and light effects that were part reportage and part dazzling artistic display. A major feature of Flash of Light, Fog of War is its stunning installation, which utilizes not only elegant colors to bring out visual features of the works on view, but also subtle electrical effects—including very occasional projected explosions—that underscore the thematic content. “This is a show that really must be seen and experienced,” commented Ackland Director Katie Ziglar. “We are enormously proud of our innovative and fresh installations, and Flash of Light, Fog of War represents a high point in these efforts.” Of his final exhibition as the Ackland’s Associate Curator of Asian Art, Bradley M. Bailey noted, “The inspiration for the exhibition comes from the vivid imagery and descriptions of a Japanese soldier, Tadayoshi Sakurai, whose memoir of the Russo-Japanese War, Human Bullets (Nikudan), was published to wide acclaim and success in 1904.” Within the exhibition, the prints are supplemented with new acquisitions and loans of Japanese textiles and ceramics from the collection of Jacqueline M. and Edward G. Atkins.

 

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