形態の詳細illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
一般注記Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture", presented by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, October 7, 2017-June 24, 2018.
資料の内容に関する注記Since the Neolithic era, artisans in East Asia have coated bowls, cups, boxes, baskets, and other utilitarian objects with a natural polymer distilled from the sap of the Rhus verniciflua, known as the lacquer tree. Lacquerware was, and still is, prized for its sheen, a lustrous beauty that artists learned to accentuate over the centuries with inlaid gold, silver, mother-of-pearl, and other precious materials. This tradition has undergone challenges over the past thirty years. A small but enterprising circle of lacquer artists has pushed the medium in entirely new and dynamic directions by creating large-scale sculptures, works that are both conceptually innovative and superbly exploitive of lacquer's natural virtues. Featuring thirty works by sixteen artists, this handsome publication details the first-ever exhibition of contemporary Japanese lacquer sculpture in the United States, shown at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Exhibition: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, United States (07.10.2017 - 21.02.2018).
書誌注記Includes bibliographical references.