Sunday, September 17, 2017

Summer Vacation Redux #29: Denver Art Museum, part 2


The Fifth Floor houses one of the finest collections of Asian Art I have ever seen.  The Freer and the Sackler Museums in DC come closest, but neither have the raw quality and scope of works as those housed here.  

Exiting the elevator, the first art is a special exhibition of contemporary Japanese ceramics called "From the -- Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Robert & Lisa Kessler Collection".
 Vase by Kohyama Yasuhisa (b. 1936)
 From "Struggling Form" series by Nakashima Harumi (b.1958)
 Jar by Kondo Yutaka (1932-1983)
 The special exhibition leads you into a large gallery full of Indian Sculptures--mostly of Hindu Deities.
 "Fire God Agni" 13th Century India
 "Goddess Durga with a Lion" circa 950 CE Uttar Pradesh, India
 "Four-faced God Vishnu (Valkuntha)" 9th-10th Century Jammu/Kashmir, India
 Entering into the gallery of the Chinese art.
 "Horse" from Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) Gansu province, China
 An entire gallery is dedicated to Chinese & Japanese works made from bamboo.  Little sculptures like this "Snail" 19th century, Japanese.
 "Crab" 19th century, Japanese
 Here are a pair of bamboo sculptures from China.  (Left) "Two Men Smoking Pipes" 19th century China, and (Right) "Two Immortals with Bats" 19th century China.
 Made with a bamboo base, this folding-fan titled "White Roses" is Chinese circa 1900.
 Elsewhere in the Japanese Galleries you would also discover a wide range of works like this sculpture: "Haniwa Horse" circa 9th century from the Tumulus Period.
 Lots of lovely prints like this one.  "Tawara Toda Hidesato" 1880 by Tsukioka Toshitoshi, Meiji Period
 And not to leave Korean works out there were many amazing art pieces including this piece of furniture.  "Display Shelf" 19th century Korean

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