In-Focus Tour | Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork

Fri Sep 27 2024 at 02:00 pm to 02:20 pm

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560 | Washington

Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Publisher/HostSmithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
In-Focus Tour | Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork
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Cost: Free
Closely examine a few Japanese masterpieces of hammered metalwork during a twenty-minute tour led by our docents. Learn how metalwork artists skillfully combine tradition with creativity and innovation, and get a taste of the largest collection of contemporary Japanese metalworks in the United States.
Image: Vessel, titled Wave Crests (Namiho), Ōsumi Yukie (b. 1945), Japan, Heisei era, 2008, hammered silver with nunomezõgan (textile imprint inlay) in lead and gold, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Bequest of Shirley Z. Johnson, S2022.8.32a–d
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