at KEIKO Fine Japanese Handcraft 121 Charles St. Boston
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Beginning in the 1980s a small group of younger Japanese artists initiated the transformation of a traditional, decorative utilitarian craft - lacquerware - into an exciting, new three dimensional art form - lacquer sculpture. Although these new forms belonged to a new age, the techniques were borrowed from Japan's early innovations of carved and molded lacquer for Buddhist sculpture. The lacquer sculpture in this exhibition might be described as icons of the sacred and secular forces that motivate young Japanese artists of the 21st century. The exhibition includes the works of these imaginative innovators and their students.
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