TAB Event - "Deco - Crafts Gallery for Kids from the Museum Collection" Exhibition

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At Crafts Gallery at the National Museum of Modern Art
Media: Crafts, Art Talk

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Crafts involve various decorative techniques. Patterns seen in crafts were refined over a long history. Different meanings are embedded in each kind, carrying messages that stimulate our imagination.
Although the decorative aspect used to be an indispensable element of crafts, simplistic and inorganic design became employed in modern crafts, as if denying the significance of the decorative aspect in craft tradition. However, in recent years, on the contrary to such modern design, artists creating overtly decorative crafts began to appear, infatuated by the act of ornamentation. Such a trend can be compared to deco-den, cellphones obsessively decorated with rhinestone stickers.
This year's Crafts Gallery for Kids focuses on decorative patterns on craft pieces. The program examines decorative elements of about 100 excellent pieces from the collection including ceramics, lacquer ware, textiles and metalworks in an attempt to delve into the appeal of crafts. Workshops for kids will also be given by craftspeople during the period.

Details for 2008 Summer Craft Gallery for Kids can be found here. (In Japanese only)

[Image: Kozan Miyakawa "Hatooukazu-takaukibori-kabin" (1871-82)]

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