Oita's Art Moment - TAI Modern

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January 1, 1970

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Catalogue Essay: Oita’s Art Moment

In 1970, there were between 600 and 700 bamboo craftspeople making a living in Japan, creating items ranging from simple food steamers and chopsticks to flower baskets of extraordinary beauty and complexity. The world has changed much since 1970. Today less expensive bamboo objects imported from Southeast Asia have largely displaced locally made wares in […]

Asahi Shimbun – Bamboo artist Tanabe follows family lineage to win global acclaim

At an exhibition in Tokyo last fall,world-renowned artist Shouchiku Tanabe told an audience that his life long experience of working with bamboo resonates within him and helps him craft the material into avant-garde art objects. “I try to have a conversation with bamboo, feel its pulse and create objects with concerted efforts. It is a […]