News tag: Netsuke

16 March 2015

Edmund de Waal featured in 'Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector' at the Barbican Centre until 25 May

As part of  the Barbican’s major new exhibition on artists as collectors (Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector), former Daiwa Scholar,  Edmund de Waal is showing the first collection he ever made as a child, containing shells, fossils and architectural fragments, alongside sixty-five Japanese netsuke from the collection given to him by his Uncle Iggie. To draw these historical collections together, Edmund is also exhibiting a work he made in 2011, from the collection of a private man, a biographical work of fifty-seven porcelain vessels held within a vitrine. All three collections will be on public view for the first time.  The show is on until 25 May 2015.

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5 July 2013

Japanese Galleries at the British Museum

On Friday 5th July I went to the Japanese Galleries at the British Museum because I am very interested in Japanese history. The room captivated me before we even entered due to the wonderful display of netsuke just outside. These small figures, usually made of ivory or wood, were used as toggles on the traditional Japanese

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10 April 2013

Netsuke Exhibition at the Embassy of Japan

In a Nutshell, Japanese netsuke from European collections

Unmistakably Japanese, yet sourced exclusively from European collections, this exhibition at the Japanese Embassy reflects the burgeoning interest for netsuke in the Western world, giving an insight into some of the finest collections of these miniature carvings to be found on earth.

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