SCENES FROM THE EXHIBITION |
November 15th has arrived and it’s the end of the WATER WOOD PAPER: MOKUHANGA exhibition. Below are photos of some of the events and the installation at the Japan Foundation, Toronto. JUN/KEN ARTS Collective are grateful for the wonderful support and ongoing professional assistance we received from the Japan Foundation personnel. Thank you to Director, Mr Suzuki, Tani, Anna, Noriko, Kinji, Kate and to all the volunteers who minded the show. You’ve been subarashii! We’d also like to thank. . .
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Stuart Jackson of Stuart Jackson Gallery for his contributions to the ukiyo e exhibition.
Lubo for creating impeccable printing furniture or suridai, for master printer, Sato’s printing demonstrations.
Christine Jackson and Peter Hendrickson of the Toronto District School Board, for arranging the teachers’ workshop.
Also thanks to. . .
Alan Pritchard, Jay Bond, Robert Mout, Nancy Jacobi, Lisa Wohrle, Janet Piggott Reidel, Olga Philip, Jerry Silverburg, Heather Webb
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Looking into the front foyer of the JAPAN FOUNDATION, TORONTO gallery at prints by Ralph Kiggell and Kyoko Sakamoto.
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NUIT BLANCHE
The first event was Nuit Blanche –happening October 4th this year. Toronto people descend on downtown art districts to attend all night events. About 3000 people visited our exhibition that night.
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OSHIERU MONO
In order to provide a context for the contemporary work Carol Dorman, JUN/KEN ARTS member and associate at Stuart Jackson Gallery, mounted an annotated show of ukiyo e prints.
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We also had a video made by Felix showing a woodblock artist in her studio, a DVD of a performance piece by artist, Wayne Crothers, and the wall display shown here, giving a run down on the basics of printing a waterbased mokuhanga print.
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There are probably lots of shots floating around of these public lecture events. Here are some showing a very successful presentation by the two senseis at York University printmaking department.
Kurosaki sensei first showed a slide lecture (yes real diapositives!),which included the origins of mokuhanga in China. Then Sato sensei presented a print demonstration of Sanjo Bridge, a reproduction of a Hiroshige print. Note Lubo’s suridai furniture which enables Sato to print comfortably crosslegged. (comfortably!??)
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TIME OUT
Our Japanese visitors ended their hardworking week in Toronto with, what else – a visit to Niagara Falls, and a great winery meal.
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THE INSTALLATION
A better look at the art work can be seen on the artists’ pages, but this provides some idea of the hanging. There are three galleries, linked by a long, but pleasantly designed, corridor. The largest room doubles as a lecture hall, screening room, and contained the work of five of the artists. Nine of Kurosaki sensei’s works were hung in the small gallery, and the two installation pieces occupied the middle gallery. Rebecca Salter’s piece was in the corridor and Moya Bligh’s hanging scrolls in the alcove at the end of the hallway.
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Yasuyuki Shibata
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Kyoko Sakamoto
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Wayne Crothers
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Ralph Kiggell
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Miki Kuroki
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Rebecca Salter
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Wayne Crothers
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Elizabeth Forrest
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Moya Bligh
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Akira Kurosaki
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Akira Kurosaki
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Akira Kurosaki
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Akira Kurosaki
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Akira Kurosaki
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TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP
One of the educational events held in the latter weeks of the show was a two- afternoon mokuhanga workshop for secondary teachers, conducted by Elizabeth Forrest, the local artist participant. It became apparent that more indigenous materials and locally available tools would assist teachers to present mokuhanga to their students. We have washi, some printable woods, and Turner gouache avaliable in Toronto – but we need reasonably priced woodblock carving tools, student barens and printing brushes to be more readily available. Are you listening Art Supply stores?
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Questions or comments? Please e-mail us at torontoprints@gmail.com |
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