A student of Japan’s long history of ink-wash painting, or suiboku-ga, Kenji Wakasugi uses black and grey in his traditional photography of flowers, plants, and landscapes, to evoke classical painting by luminaries such as Tōyō Sesshū (d. 1506) and Eitoku Kanō (1543–1590). Many of his works show classical paintings on sliding doors, or fusuma, in their architectural setting, incorporating the physical location of the painting and its manmade and natural surroundings into the fabric of the image.
Dr. Felice Fischer , Curator Emerita of Japanese and East Asian Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Officially retired from the museum spring 2020, is now Working on a museum longer-term project: “Highlights of Japanese Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art” book, to be published spring 2023.
Please join us Thursday, December 30th at 5 pm to listen to Wakasugi and Fischer's conversation about his work.
