Recent Examples on the WebThe over 50 works on display, created from the 1700s to the 1900s by Japanese artists, show the lingering power of woodblock print art and the stories that the art represents, which continue to flourish in Japan today.—Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 Fireside Dream, made from alabaster and bronze, depicts a woman before a glowing fire, while Claudel also interpreted Hokusai’s woodblock print, The Great Wave (an influential Japanese work of the time), carving it from green onyx with bronze bathers.—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024 Hiroshige’s series of woodblock prints—produced in the years leading up to his death, in 1858, and thereafter completed by his apprentice, Hiroshige II—is inaccurately named: there are a hundred and eighteen views in all.—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024 These stick figures remind me of fishermen in an old Japanese woodblock print, their histories and identities dissolved by the low light and the immensity of their stage.—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024 Make the stamp by gluing strips of crafts foam to a woodblock.—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023 As in her earlier paintings, Kahraman’s semi-autobiographical forms nod to Renaissance figuration, Japanese woodblock prints, and Persian miniatures, but there’s a ferocity to this body of work that feels fresh.—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024 Meanwhile, activities—like a digital imitation of woodblock carving—show how it can be used to make art.—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2023 Supplementing the huge woodblocks are nearly 100 prints that scale from little to tiny.—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
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