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Floating Worlds


  • Beyond Baroque Literary Art Center 681 North Venice Boulevard Venice, CA, 90291 United States (map)
Kumiko SuzukiIridescent Clouds, 2019Mixed Media on Yupo Mounted on Board(Quadryptic) 500 x 500 cm each$8500

Kumiko Suzuki

Iridescent Clouds, 2019

Mixed Media on Yupo Mounted on Board

(Quadryptic) 500 x 500 cm each

$8500

MichikoPlay!, 2019Please inquire about size and price

Michiko

Play!, 2019

Please inquire about size and price

Floating Worlds is a survey of new contemporary art from Japan, alongside American artists who have Japanese and Asian roots or have created work that speaks to our theme. While “floating worlds” is a phrase art historically connected to Ukiyo-e art from Japan from around 1630 - the mid 1800s, we are using it here to refer to the major changes happening in the world we live in - the fleeting, floating nature of life - and the way artists depict this challenge. Indeed, the period when this phrase was used in Japan was one of tremendous upheaval, and our exhibition coincides with this fact of life. Whether sublime or active, contemplative or extroverted, this exhibition speaks to our times directly.

Japanese artists in the show - rarely if ever seen in the US - are Yoko Umemoto, Sugimuru, Akira Nakamura, Kumiko Suzuki, and MIchiko. American artists are Barbara Kolo, Michael Stearns, Robert Nelson, Juri Koll, MB Boissonnault.

MB Boissonnault3 Poisons of the Ignorant Mind, 2018Oil on Synthetic Canvas24 x 24 inches$2800

MB Boissonnault

3 Poisons of the Ignorant Mind, 2018

Oil on Synthetic Canvas

24 x 24 inches

$2800

Artists Online Reception: TBA.


Earlier Event: February 13
Painted Architecture - Art Palm Springs
Later Event: June 8
Fine Arts Film Festival