CNN

Western taste for bamboo art is transforming an ancient Japanese tradition

When Japan opened up to the world in the middle of the 19th century, Western merchant ships were quick to return home with exotic art from the once reclusive nation. The private galleries and ...
Observer

The Wood That Launched a Thousand Shapes: Bamboo Beyond the Basket at The Met

One of the objects that catches your eye in “Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection,” which just opened at the Metropolitan Museum, is not what you might have expected to see at a show of Japanese ...
Orange County Register

New art show at the Bowers Museum shows the vast possibilities of bamboo

Some of the sculptures in “Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art” at the Bowers Museum are so uniform and outwardly perfect that they appear manufactured, not handmade. Others are twists of ...
Asia Society

New Exhibition Explores the Evocative, Sensual, and Sculptural Power of Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art

Houston, Texas, November 15, 2016—Asia Society Texas Center is pleased to announce Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art, an exhibition exploring the innovative shape bamboo art has taken in ...
BroadwayWorld

Morikami Museum And Japanese Gardens Will Present TAKE AKARI: BAMBOO LIGHTS

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens will present TAKE AKARI: BAMBOO LIGHTS, an exhibition featuring illuminated bamboo installations curated by Japanese bamboo craftsman Akihiro Mashimo. The ...