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Japanese Galleries
Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)
Boston, MA, USA
Exhibit through 6 July 2007
The actual baskets are even more stunning than the images shown here. Personally, I like this Basketry exhibit much more than the much talked about feature exhibit Fashion Show (where I spent less than an hour).
Perhaps, I am biased. I have always been captivated by Japanese art and architecture. This fascination started when I was quite young, before I went to school, I found a glossy Japanese magazine showing pictures of Japanese food and scenery.
This is just a small component of the Japanese Galleries in the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). I will try to share more in the future. There is also a Japanese Garden just outside the MFA but it is closed during Winter. The Arnold Arboretum (part of the Harvard University) also has a large collection of Bonsai, some more than three hundred years old, gifts from the Japanese government, I believe.
Comments
cgc0202 says:
Thanks Lazandre, this was one of the more difficult ones to capture because of the impact of light.
moemoechi says:
cgc0202 says:
Thanks moemoechi. You must see this a lot where you are now. I have always enjoyed Japanese art and culture. I hope Filipinos pay as much attention and appreciation of our own.
sweetsexything says:
cgc0202 says:
Indeed Jenny. Just imagine how much it has taken to mould the bamboo to this shape. It is also a play with light when you move as you view the object.
Notes:
I have not had a chance to copy the names of the Japanese artists who created each work of art. I will do this when I get a chance to visit the MFA again. There are more than 50 baskets in the exhibition. I will present more in the future, as a link. I apologize for the softness or the blur in the images shown here. First, I am still learning how to use my (first) digital camera -- quite a transition from film -- too many buttons to deal with. my hands are shaky and my sight is not in the best condition right now (actually since I was in high school). The latter dampened my desire to actually pursue do much photography to capture how I view the world.
There are other contributing factors. Tripods and flash are not allowed in museums, such as the MFA. As important, this Japanese basketry exhibit was not given as much space that it deserved -- all jammed in a space about the equivalent of a large family room (well perhaps in a large house) where the lighting is not the best and quite uneven. Add to this that the baskets were crammed together in a number of plexiglass containers and you have problems with reflections, glare and other things.
laz'andre says:
that looks beautiful!