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Category Archives: Oriental Art
From Cherry Trees to Rebellion | These actors look quite Machiavellian
The Stars of the Tokyo Stage: Natori Shunsen’s Kabuki Actor Prints, was an exhibition held in galleries around Australia during 2012-2014. It celebrated the glamour of the kabuki theatre amid the dynamic atmosphere of Japan in the 1920s and 1930s. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Oriental Art, Paintings
Tagged kabuki, woodblock prints, yakusha-e
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Here Comes the Bride
Australian crepe wedding dress (1953) made by Violet Cocking (nee Dowey) who had resided in North Street, Castlemaine, prior to her marriage to Stanley Cocking in 1924. The dress was inspired by the gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II upon … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Oriental Art, Paintings, Textiles
Tagged Arthur Boyd, Bride series, Bridegroom series, brides, Castlemaine Museum, Chinese wedding outfit, Edmund Blair Leighton, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Kit Lee, Melbourne Chinese Museum, Violet Cocking, wedding dresses
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The Village Life of Hendra Gunawan
Hendra Gunawan was an Indonesian artist, poet, sculptor and guerilla fighter who was born in Bandung, the capital of West Java, (former Dutch East Indies), on June 11, 1918 and died in Bali on July 17, 1983. Gunawan was best … Continue reading
The Art of Keiichi Tanaami
Keiichi Tanaami (b. Tokyo, 1936) has been an active artist, illustrator and graphic designer since the 1960’s. He refers himself to an Edokko (a person born and raised in Tokyo). Tanaami’s early career took him to San Francisco in 1968, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Oriental Art
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Confessions of an English-Opium Eater & Others
Opium usage in art and literature is not as uncommon as you might think. Fascination with narcotics has reigned interest since the late 19th to early 20th Centuries with movies relating to the drug craze, such as: The Derelict (1914), … Continue reading
Feeling a Little Jaded?
In 1968, two complete jade burial suits were discovered in the tomb of Han Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan in Mancheng, Hebei, China. They were the first of a number of jade suits that would be found in … Continue reading
The Spring Cycle
[Above: Spring Cycle by Wen Jun (mixed media) 2013]. This colourful artwork is in the form of a pedicab, which was once commonly used as transport in Chinese cities. Painted in the traditional Spring Festival style, the eight paintings on … Continue reading
Thank Heaven for 7 Eleven
Japanese contemporary artist Mr (born in 1969 in Cupa, Japan) is based in the Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo. As a young child he had a love for drawing and received many awards and accolades. By high school he was painting with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Oriental Art
Tagged anime, fan service, Japanese contemporary art, manga, otaku, sābisu katto, Takashi Murakami
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Hisashi Tenmyouya | From Passive Moon To Vibrant Sun
Above Left: Nine Kamakura Samurai (from Contemporary Japanese Youth Culture Scroll) August 2001, acrylic on wood (60cm x 42cm) Above Right: Archery 2008 acrylic on wood (90 cm x 70 cm) Japanese contemporary artist Hisashi Tenmyouya was born in February, 1966 in Tokyo. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Illustrations, Oriental Art, Paintings
Tagged Archery, Hisashi Tenmyouya, Japanese art, Japanese artists, neo nihonga, Nine Kamakura Samurai
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Bali Hai! This is Why
Belgian painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpes was born in Brussels on 9 February 1880. He left Europe in 1932 and travelled to Bali where he remained for the rest of his life. Le Mayeur De Merpes was fascinated with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Oriental Art
Tagged #Artist, Balinese art, Balinese artists, De Merpes Museum, Le Mayeur de Merpes, Ni Pollok, Pollok
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Enter the Dragon – How Clawsome
Melbourne’s Dai Loong (Big Dragon) has particular significance in the history of dragon making from China. Processional dragons are handmade out of silk, bamboo and wire. Historically it is a folk craft which originated in Foshan, in the Guangdong Province … Continue reading
There’s No Duckin’ These Chickens in this Form of Art
Above: Ma Yali – “Brigade Chicken Farm” (1973). Chinese “Peasant Painting” or “Folk Painting” reflects on the farming lives of the vast countryside of China during the 1960s. Its style represents both old and new in its art. Old – … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Oriental Art, Paintings
Tagged Chinese Artists, Chinese Naive art, folk painting, Peasant Art, Peasant painting
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Nothing Like Passing Through Air When You Are Feeling a Bit Like ‘Head in the Clouds’
‘Passing Through‘ (2010) oil on canvas 91 x 116.5 cm Taiwanese born artist Joyce Ho was born on 9th October, 1983 in Taipei. She received a Bachelor of Arts (International Studies), University of California, Irvine (2007) and a Master of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Oriental Art
Tagged Joyce Ho, Tawainese artists
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Tennyo “Magokoro” – The Goddess of Sincerity
Tennyo “Magokoro” (The Goddess of Sincerity) is a statue constructed by Gengen Sato, who spent more than 10 years at the task after it was commissioned by Mitsukoshi Ltd. Consisting principally of Japanese cypress “Hinoki” about 500 years old that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Carvings, Oriental Art, Sculpture
Tagged Gengen Sato, Goddess of Sincerity, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tennyo Magokoro, Tokyo
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Angels We Have Heard on High
Indonesian sculptor and installation artist Heri Dono was born in Jakarta on June 12, 1960. He studied at the Indonesian Art Institute (Institut Seni Indonesia) in Jogjakarta, where he won the Prize for the Best Painting in 1981 and again … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Oriental Art
Tagged Heri Dono, Indonesian art, Installation art, New Internationalism (art), Prince Claus Award
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