Baren Digest              Wednesday, 18 July 2001      Volume 16 : Number 1494


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From: John and Jan Telfer <jtelfer@iinet.net.au>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 01 00:30:33 -0000
Subject: [Baren 15189] Monet & Japan Exhibition in Perth Australia 

Wow, this was awesome!!!!

MONET & JAPAN EXHIBITION

Today I went to the "Monet & Japan" Exhibition along with hundreds of 
others this morning. This exhibition is only going to be shown in 
Canberra, Australia (where it has been) and now Perth Western Australia 
from 7th July to 16th September.

 I had no trouble with seeing the 30+ Monets - 6-10 people @ painting, 
but I also felt as if  "I had seen them somewhere before" ( haystacks x 
5, waterlillies x 8, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, etc) but I virtually had 
most of the woodblocks to myself...Utagawa Hiroshige (40 prints), 
Katsuchika Hokusai(22 prints), Utagawa Kunisada and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 
and Suzuki Harunobu, etc with a dozen more at least ...OH, such a grande 
exhibition for little 'ol Perth!!!!  

They have produced a heavy 2kg 215 page "Catalogue" of page size 
reproductions of all the pieces in the exhibition and how Monet is said 
to have "related" or been inspired by the Japanese woodblock prints of 
the above prints (maybe some a bit "far fetched" for my liking!) Monet 
never went to Japan but had an extensive collection of these (that are on 
display) buying them from traders and friends in Paris. But a great 
Exhibition.

The book "Monet & Japan" National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
ISBN 0 642 54129 9 (PAPERBACK) at $29.95 (Australian)  ISBN 0 642 54135 3 
(Hbk) $69 (Aust) with lots of little coloured thumbnail pictures of the 
paintings and woodblocks as they compare each one.  Pages 77 to 173 are 
all coloured pages of page size pieces on exhibition.

It was good to see the woodgrain of the blocks coming through on a lot of 
the prints, especially the indigo blue of sky and sea, but it was also a 
relief to see that even the "experts" can have difficulty applying the 
colour!!

I also bought the book on "Hiroshige - Japan's Great Landscape Artist" by 
Isaburo Oka. Published by Kodansha International. Tokyo. New York. London 
(1992). This one 1997
ISBN 4 7700 2121 6  Every page with a coloured picture with lots and lots 
of closeup details so you can see the woodgrain, the brush marks and 
sometimes the baren marks...oh what a treasure...I wish they could jump 
out onto my paper!!!

I have left a few more books on the shelf for my next visit, Barbara M. 
(and not even a Powells here)!!!

I'll tell you more on my next visit...I am happy to show anyone around on 
your visit to Perth, Western Australia (that's on the West Coast)!

Jan

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From: Jandi Goshert <jandiprints@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:08:47 -0400
Subject: [Baren 15190] Re: Baren Digest V16 #1493 

Hello everyone!  I've been a lurker for a while now...haven't had much time
to even read my digest.

But, nevertheless, at this time I come to you all for some help.

I'm applying for a fellowship and am working on putting together my resume.
Naturally, I want to include my participation in the Baren exchanges.  But,
I've lost track of where and when the exchanges that I have participated in
have been exhibited.

Could someone (or maybe a few of you) help me out with this?  I'm looking
for info on the Dragon Exchange (2000) and Baren Exchanges #5 and #8.

For any Pennsylvania Printmakers....Check it out!  The PA Council on the
Arts offers an Individual Artist Fellowship that awards between $5,000 and
$10,000 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS to help with artistic endeavors!  And this year
is the year for "works on paper"...only comes around every so often!

I appreciate any help you can give me!  thanks a bunch...and wish me luck!

You can email me outside of the Forum if you wish at
jandiprints@earthlink.net


Jandi Goshert


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From: "bemason" <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:53:16 -0700
Subject: [Baren 15191] print exchanges 

Jandi,
Look here for some of it
http://barenforum.org/newsletter/issue05/issue05.html
Thanks to Julio who sent it to me.
Barbara

> I'm applying for a fellowship and am working on putting together my
resume.
> Naturally, I want to include my participation in the Baren exchanges.
But,
> I've lost track of where and when the exchanges that I have participated
in
> have been exhibited.
>
> Could someone (or maybe a few of you) help me out with this?  I'm looking
> for info on the Dragon Exchange (2000) and Baren Exchanges #5 and #8.
>



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