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Art History – Art Future: Digital Replicas of Traditional Japanese Art

Name: Art History – Art Future: Digital Replicas of Traditional Japanese Art
Start: 2024-11-19T17:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-19T18:30:00-08:00

Nov 19 2024, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

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Art History – Art Future: Digital Replicas of Traditional Japanese Art

Few paintings capture the imagination like Soga Shohaku’s Dragon and Clouds in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, painted in 1763. A massive mythical creature fills the composition, looking as if it is about to burst out of the sliding doors that were once part of a Zen monastery building.

This talk describes the importance of Dragon and Clouds in the history of Japanese art, how the work came to Boston, and how it was recreated with new technology by Canon’s Tsuzuri Project in order for its reproduction to be installed in a Kyoto temple. The changes to its surface, structure, and location particularly over the last 15 years allow it to be experienced like never before.

Please join us on November 19th for unique insights into how technology and tradition are being blended to preserve artwork and connect cultures. If you have a love for history, art, or Japan, this program promises to delight!

Image caption: Dragon and Clouds 雲龍図, 1763, Soga Shohaku, Japanese, 1730–1781, Two of a set of eight panels; ink on paper, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11.7042.1-2

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Date & Time:
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 5:00 – 6:30 PM PST
*Doors Open at 4:30 PM

Venue:
University of San Francisco, Lone Mountain Building
Handlery Room, Lone Mountain 100
2800 Turk Blvd (on the “upper campus” of USF’s main Hilltop campus)
San Francisco, CA

Public transportation:
USF is centrally located in San Francisco with various public transportation options. The subway system, Bay Area Rapid Transit (or BART for short) covers most of the Bay Area, providing quick access to the East Bay, the Peninsula, the airport, and other important destinations. The closest BART stop to USF is Civic Center. The MUNI routes closest to USF include the #5 Fulton, #38 Geary, #31 Balboa, and #43 Masonic. Specific directions around San Francisco and the Bay Area using public transit are easy to find, using tools like Google Maps and 511 SF Bay. For more information about public transportation, visit the USF website.

Agenda:
4:30-5:00 Doors Open
5:00-5:10 Opening Remarks by Karen Fraser | Professor of Art History & Museum Studies, the University of San Francisco & Steve Pollock | President, Japan Society of Northern California
5:10-5:55 Presentation by Janice Katz | Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
5:55-6:10 Moderated discussion led by Karen Fraser | Professor of Art History & Museum Studies in the Department of Art + Architecture, the University of San Francisco
6:10-6:25 Q&A Session
6:25-6:30 Closing Remarks by Larry Greenwood | Board Chair, Japan Society of Northern California
6:30-7:00 Networking

Price:
FREE!
* Light food and refreshments will be provided

Our Amazing Speakers

Janice Katz | Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago

Janice Katz is the Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She has been with the museum for over 20 years where she curates quarterly exhibitions of Japanese prints. Her other research focuses on paintings from the Edo period (1615-1868) and the history of art collecting in Japan. Her special exhibitions and publications include Japanese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2003), Beyond Golden Clouds: Japanese Screens from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Saint Louis Art Museum (2009), Painting the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Masterpieces from the Weston Collection (2018), and Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan (2023).

Karen M. Fraser | Professor of Art History & Museum Studies, the University of San Francisco

Karen M. Fraser is Professor of Art History & Museum Studies in the Department of Art + Architecture at the University of San Francisco. She earned her PhD from Stanford University, where she studied both traditional Japanese art and the history of photography. Her research focuses on modern Japanese visual culture, with particular interests in Japanese photography from ca. 1860 through the 1930s, cross-cultural interactions and influences between Asia and the West, gender issues, and museum and exhibition history. Fraser’s research has been supported by grants from the Japan Foundation and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, among others. Her publications include the monograph Photography and Japan (2011) as well as articles in a number of edited volumes and journals, including History of Photography, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, and Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide.

This program is supported by a grant from the National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc., with the support of the United States-Japan Foundation