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10 Things You Should Know About Japanese Woodblock Prints

Creative Exploration with Young Learners

All Is Well in the AGGV Studio

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them in the AGGV

Uncovering Contemporary Art’s Interior Buddhist

Granting Buddhist Research: Q&A with AGGV Curator Haema Sivanesan

Tag: Mark Tobey

Uncovering Contemporary Art’s Interior Buddhist

December 1, 2018December 3, 2018 art

In the 1950s, Mark Tobey, a Seattle artist with strong ties to Victoria, championed the work of Japanese-American artists, including Paul Horiuchi, also represented in AGGV’s collection. He later influenced major artists such as Jackson Pollock. As such, he’s a link between Buddhism and 20th Century abstract art.

 AGGV Collection, Contemporary Art

Ensô: Inaba Shinden’s Perfect Meditative State

December 1, 2018November 30, 2018 art

Ensô painted by the accomplished, 20th century, Zen master Inaba Shinden depicts a symbol central to Zen meditative practice. The ensô, meaning “circle”, is one of the most common subjects of Japanese calligraphy.

 Asian Art Collection, Contemporary Art

Collectors’ Corner

March 1, 2017September 11, 2018 art

Collecting is often regarded as a fundamental and universal human instinct and an activity shared by all cultures around the globe. The history of collecting has been written in great detail by many scholars, and include the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, medieval and Renaissance Europe, Edo Japan, the Ming and Qing dynasties of […]

 AGGV Collection, Asian Art Collection, Painting, Photography, Pottery

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