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 •Tradition and Innovation: The Japanese Contribution to the World of Printmaking
September 8 ­ December 2, 2001

The Museum is home to one of the largest public concentrations of Japanese prints on the West Coast, totaling more than 1500 works ranging in date from the late 17th century to the present day. The variety of styles, subject matter, and graphic techniques represented is equally wide-ranging, a point that the present exhibition uses as its central theme. Famous prints from Hiroshige's great Tokaido series are shown together with much less familiar, sometimes virtually unknown, examples of the work of innovative artists of the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1913-1925) periods. Tiny, block-printed tip envelopes designed by anonymous craftsmen share space with ambitious works by modern and contemporary print makers. The exhibition was organized to coincide with the East-West Symposium in Print Art held in Portland October 10 -13, 2001.


•Plum Blossoms and Other Friends of Winter Chinese Album Paintings and Related Works from the Museum Collection
Through March 24, 2002

This exhibit features twelve brush-and-ink plum blossom paintings by artist Li Fangying from an album recently purchased for the Museum by members of the Asian Art Council. Chinese artists have often turned to album painting for the intimacy and spontaneity the format offers. The exhibit also includes other album paintings and related scroll paintings. The term "friends of winter" refers to plants that bloom or are green in the coldest time of the year.


•The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle
April 2 - June 23, 2002

Snuff bottles are invariably some of the first objects to come to mind when Americans think about the Chinese decorative arts tradition, yet it has been over 30 years since the Museum last mounted a special exhibition of them. This exhibit displays over 400 of the largest and finest snuff bottles ever to be shown at the Museum. This collection was put together over the course of some 30 years by James and the late Julie Li of Sao Paolo, Brazil, using the collection of Mr. Lišs father as a nucleus..


•Splendors of Imperial Japan: Art of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection
June 1 ­ September 22, 2002

Rich in impressive works of art in metal, lacquer, ceramic, enamel and porcelain, the nearly 400 objects selected for this exhibit display the extraordinary accomplishments of individuals whose mastery of technical skills was combined with consummate artistry in creating objects of extraordinary beauty and technical perfection.

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