Modern+Twist


 * Thank you to Museum Education Intern Katherine Ransbottom for preparing the preview below.**

//Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art//
June 22 – Sept. 15, 2013 (Gallery 5 and the Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art) >
 * The exhibition is curated by Dr. Andreas Marks, director and chief curator of the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, California.
 * “//Modern Twist //explores the evocative, sensual, and sculptural power of contemporary bamboo art. Bamboo is a quintessential part of Japanese culture, shaping the country’s social, artistic, and spiritual landscape. Although bamboo is a prolific natural resource, it is a challenging artistic medium. There are fewer than 100 professional bamboo artists in Japan today. Mastering the art form requires decades of meticulous practice while learning how to harvest, split, and plait the bamboo. //Modern Twist // brings 38 exceptional works by 17 artists to U.S. audiences, displaying many of these technically innovative and imaginatively crafted works for the first time.” (Source: [])
 * //Modern Twist// Educator's Packet (pdf) Exhibition and artist information

Modern Twist notes:
Modern Twist Docent Training Notes on Modern Twist Modern Twist docent information

Books:

 * //Bamboo// NK 1484 .A8
 * //Bamboo Baskets: Japanese Art and Culture Interwoven//… NK 3649.55 .J3 O86 1995
 * //Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Arts,//
 * //Japanese Bamboo Baskets: Meiji, Modern, Contemporary,// NK 3649.55 .J3 M6713 2007

Articles:

 * Bartolucci, Marisa. “Weaves of Grass.” //Art + Auction// 31.10 (2008): 93–96. Available in library
 * Schwendener, Martha. “Midcentury Moderns in a Cross-Cultural Conversation.” //The New York Times// 24 Sept. 2007. //NYTimes.com//. 6 June 2013 .Click here for article

**Online Resources**
[|TAI Gallery/Textile Arts] Find artist biographies, images, links to YouTube videos. Nice section with technique Information in its [|Bamboo Arts Appendix]