In-Focus Tour | Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork
Schedule
Fri Oct 04 2024 at 02:00 pm to 02:20 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560 | Washington, DC
Closely examine a few Japanese masterpieces of hammered metalwork during a twenty-minute tour led by our docents. Learn how metalwork artists skillfully combine tradition with creativity and innovation, and get a taste of the largest collection of contemporary Japanese metalworks in the United States.
Image: Vessel, titled Wave Crests (Namiho), Ōsumi Yukie (b. 1945), Japan, Heisei era, 2008, hammered silver with nunomezõgan (textile imprint inlay) in lead and gold, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Bequest of Shirley Z. Johnson, S2022.8.32a–d
Where is it happening?
1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560Event Location & Nearby Stays: