Women across Asian Art, Selected Essays in Art and Material Culture, Edited by Ling-en Lu and Allysa B. Peyton, 2023, University of Florida Press

Women across Asian Art, Selected Essays in Art and Material Culture
Edited by Ling-en Lu and Allysa B. Peyton

Women across Asian Art, the newest volume of the David A. Cofrin Asian Art Manuscript Series, examines an underserved aspect of Asian art history by discussing women artists, collectors, archaeologists, and architects. The essays in Women across Asian Art cover a wide geographical area from Japan to Pakistan, as they draw attention to people whose efforts have largely been left out of scholarship.

Filled with exquisite color illustrations, The volume begins by looking at iconography representing the goddess Marici in Chinese art as well as ancient Chinese characters related to gender roles during the Shang dynasty. Contributors then discuss topics including women’s participation as hangeul (Korean alphabet) calligraphers, artists in Japanese Saison culture, and early archaeologists in China. Shedding light on individuals such as poet and painter Luo Qilan, collector Brenda Zara Seligman, architect Lin Huiyin, neo-miniaturist Saira Wasim, painter Tseng Yuho, and sculptor Tayeba Begum Lipi, these essays represent a broad range of contributions from pioneers in their respective fields to current-day activists.

Using primary sources, museum collections, and archival material, the contributors—curators and independent scholars—investigate their collections and fields with new strategies and present original research. As museums are intentionally turning their attention to overlooked narratives of women, this volume continues the important work of uncovering their stories in Asian art history.

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Paul Binnie (Scottish, b. 1967), The Moon Moth Suite, each print signed in sumi ink within composition, Binnie, numbered and titled in pencil on bottom margin, 3/30, Moon Moth Mask, Scarlet Sabre Bills of Sirene, and Sea Dragon Mask, followed by pencil signature, Paul Binnie, 2023, dimensions variable

Scholten Japanese Art is pleased to announce the release of an exciting new set by Paul Binnie, The Moon Moth Suite, comprising of a set of three woodblock printed illustrations, Moon Moth Mask, Scarlet Sabre Bills, and Sea Dragon Mask. The designs are featured in a 2023 re-release of the 1961 science fiction book, The Moon Moth, by Jack Vance (1916-2013).

Binnie was commissioned by the publisher Cordes Press in the United Kingdom to provide the prints for a new edition of the famous and influential novella. The Cordes edition features three black and white illustrations which are based on Binnie’s keyblock prints of the designs, and there is also a (sold-out) luxury edition limited to only fourteen copies of the book with hand-printed color woodblock prints. Inspired by this unique project, Binnie used the same blocks to produce this small edition limited to thirty impressions of the suite of three full-color prints utilizing slightly variant color schemes embellished with the addition of mica, embossing, gold metallic printing, and extra bokashi shadings.

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Komago Tetsutaro, Group of polychrome guinomi, 2023

Winter Kogei Collection
Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Sake and Tea Ceramics
November 22, 2023 – January 4, 2024

Dai Ichi Arts’ upcoming holiday collection features new ceramic works that are a tribute to the joys of small and tender objects. Exploring form, function, decoration, and traditions, the artists’ expressions of “Kogei” serve as vibrant tributes to the joys of form and function in expansive objects.

Their 3 gallery artists – Kim Hono, Ikenishi Go and Komago Tetsutarou – each bring unique perspectives to the concept of “Kogei,” crafting honest objects from the heart.  This exhibition showcases the debut collections of Ikenishi Go and Komago Tetsutaro at Dai Ichi Arts and in the United States, as well as a highly anticipated new ceramic collection by Kim Hono.

The exhibition is available to view online and in-person by appointment only.

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Hosokawa Shiko, Tea Caddy with Maple Leaves, 1998, maki-e gold and red lacquer on wood with gold foil inlays, 3 x 3 x 3 in. (7.5 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm); Courtesy Thomsen Gallery

Golden Treasures: Japanese Gold Lacquer Boxes
November 9 – December 20, 2023

Thomsen Gallery is delighted to open their annual autumn exhibition of Japanese lacquers dating from the early 20th century to the present. This year they are focusing on lacquer works from the modern period, 1920s—50s, including published items that were exhibited in Tokyo at the annual art exhibitions of 1933, 1952 and 1953.

Be sure to visit their gallery to view the beautiful designs and fine details of these unique works for yourself.

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Group of hookah bases, lidded bowl, and brass stem cup from Indian Decorative Arts and Paintings from Private Collections online catalog

Francesca Galloway is pleased to release their newest online catalog, Indian Decorative Arts and Paintings from Private Collections.

With forty years of experience and expertise, today Francesca Galloway is known as one of the foremost galleries dealing in Indian painting and courtly arts. Combining a personal approach with a global outlook, they regularly exhibit internationally. Collaborating with the leading scholars in this field, their catalogs and publications are reference works in their own right, helping to advance the research and visibility of this fascinating and important subject.

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