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		•Floating World Redux: Gajin Fujita and Yasumasa Morimura August 11 - October 13, 2002
			This exhibit pairs artists Gajin Fujita and Yasumasa Morimura whose work addresses, in today's terms, some of the themes and motifs found in traditional ukiyo-e woodblock prints. The Los Angeles-based Japanese-American painter Gajin Fujita creates contemporary adaptations of the landscapes and scenarios depicted in the traditional woodblock prints, yet reflects the jumble of contemporary American visual culture and it's innumerable subcultures. Based in Osaka, Japan, Yasumasa Morimura is represented in the exhibit by a group of uncanny photographic self-portraits in which he assumes the guise of female Hollywood movie icons posed in roles for which they are famous. Morimura's striking portrayals are akin to the historical actor prints fo the ukiyo-e genre, which were produced in tandem with kabuki theatres and sold to fans to commermorate their favorite stars.
		•Inside the Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Lenior Wright Collection August 18 - October 27, 2002
			This exhibit will be the first substantive showing of selected prints from a collection of more than 600 works given to the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Lenoir C. Wright, an emeritus professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has studiously assembled this collection over the last five decades, ensuring that the major artists, important images, and key themes were included.
		•Nuno Textiles Opens August 25, 2002
			This exhibit extends discussions about continuing traditions in Japanese art and the melding of fine art and popular culture.
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