After “Sosaku Hanga": Creativity and Modernity in Japanese Prints of the 1960s and 1970s
June 5 - July 17, 2014
Opening Reception, June 6 | 5 - 7:30 pm
Sōsaku Hanga is a companion exhibition to the Birmingham Museum of Art’s Shin Hanga: Japanese Prints from the 1920s and 1930s exhibition.
Curated by UAB Assistant Professor Cathleen Cummings, this exhibition explores the works of Sōsaku Hanga printmakers of post-war Japan. These works explore the growing influence of the West on traditional Japanese print aesthetics.
All prints are from the permanent collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art.