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 ...

The exhibition "Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art" offers an antidote, full of intriguing objects that ask nothing more than to be admired for their beauty and human ingenuity. As an ...

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 ...

This presentation by Modern Twist guest curator Dr. Andreas Marks will look into the historical development of bamboo art in Japan. It will also provide an overview of the leading artists in the early ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts in Japanese bamboo crafting have been showing off their skills at gardens in Cornwall. The tradition of takezaiku - which translates as "bamboo craft" - has been used for centuries to create ...

Many of Asia’s biggest cities owe their skylines to long bamboo poles that allow construction workers to climb to great heights. This type of scaffolding has been used for centuries in places like ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – One local artist is bringing joy to a South Tampa neighborhood by creating art. You may have seen some new sculptures in Hyde Park popping up since before the coronavirus outbreak ...

The publisher will formally release the puzzle set in November 2023. The bamboo craft edition will have some similarities to Gunpla model kits. The set will contain 2mm (0.08in)-thick bamboo runners ...