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Detail: This exhibition focuses on recent sculptures by Bidou Yamaguchi that apply the forms, techniques, transformative spirit, and mysterious elegance of Noh masks to iconic female portraits from the European art historical canon, and to Kabuki actor prints of Sharaku, Japan’s enigmatic 18th century portrait master. These works radically extend Noh’s transformation of souls across time and space, projecting them into new cultural and physical dimensions. Traditions Transfigured includes educational and interactive components that show a set of masks displaying the carving process, a video explaining mask-making, and a secured mask that visitors can handle, try on, and photograph themselves wearing. |
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Bidou Yamaguchi, Zo-onna (Middle-Age Woman) |
1998 Japanese cypress, seashell, natural pigment, Japanese lacquer Courtesy of Kelly Sutherlin McLeod and Steve McLeod Collection. |
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