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Shibui – The Subtle Beauty of Japanese Craft

From http://www.actaonline.org/calendar/index.htm#shibui

Shibui – The Subtle Beauty of Japanese Craft
Through June 28, 2009
Mingei International Museum
Balboa Park
1439 El Prado
San Diego, California

Shibui – The Subtle Beauty of Japanese Craft features metal, textiles, wood and ceramics from the Museum’s renowned collection of Japanese folk art, craft and design. Highlights of the exhibition include kimono and textiles by Keisuke Serizawa, selections from the Museum’s Arline Cox Collection of indigo-dyed, stencil-painted and sashiko decorated rural and village textiles and recent acquisitions. In memory of Tatsuzo Shimaoka (1919-2007), the renowned ceramic artist and Japanese National Treasure, Mingei International is displaying some of this master craftsman’s classic ceramic works.

The exhibition was planned in collaboration with San Diego Museum of Art and Timken Museum of Art to complement their exhibition Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota, on view through January 4, 2009.

Museum Admission: $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 youth

For more information visit the Mingei International Museum’s website at http://www.mingei.org/exhibitions/detail.php?EID=155 .

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