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Tash Jayasinghe
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CibbuanoTaisho chic Exhibit
May 31st 2008 06:46
Taisho Chic - Japanese modernity, nostalgia and deco
22 May - 3 August 2008
Taisho Chic arrives
The Art Gallery of NSW is hosting an exhibition that incorporates art from 1930’s Japan that reflects a time of cultural confusion. An era where the Japanese were confused about there global position when modernity was being defined by the western world.
The art on display in this collection consists of pieces that highlight the clash of ideals present in the paintings of the time. Best explained in this analysis of Women in this art from artgallery.nsw.gov.au:
The Oriental Gatsby
“Japan in the early 20th century was a place of great change. The essential question of the day was: how could one be both Japanese and modern at the same time when modernity was defined as Western?
Nowhere was this more evident that in the arts, particularly in the image of women. On one hand, there was the liberated, self-confident, fun-loving ‘modern girl’, who dressed in Western fashion and decorated her home in Western style; on the other, the ‘good wife’ and ‘wise mother’, who epitomised traditional Japanese femininity.
The balance between modernity and nostalgia – the clash and the embrace – is captured in this exhibition of paintings, prints, textiles and decorative arts from the period, ranging from prints of cooly sophisticated young women to bold kimonos with abstract patterns that reinterpreted traditional motifs and sleek glassware that represented the latest in art deco chic.”
There are also After Hours events including music, tea ceremonies and language appreciation. Please visit artgallery.nsw.gov.au for more information.
Nakamura Daizaburô on display
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