New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters

by Joe Earle

Book Overview

While woven bamboo containers have been common in Asia for thousands of years, it is only in the past 150 years that basketry has become widely regarded as an art form. This stunning book celebrates contemporary Japanese bamboo masters whose breathtakingly beautiful and imaginative new works are changing the definition of basketry.

Focusing on contemporary bamboo artists working in sculptural forms, the book is based on recent interviews...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300141416
• ISBN13: 9780300141412
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Japan Society Gallery
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 9.6"