Japan Society of Fairfield County
Visit to Wheelhorse Gallery, July 29, 2008
At the
gracious invitation Charles Marks, gallery director of the
Wheelhorse Gallery, members of JJSFC were invited to a reception and
tour of the exhibition of contemporary Japanese woodblock prints,
mezzotints, stencils, etchings, lithographs and prints at the gallery
on Mason Street. To our surprise, not only did we enjoy the
Japanese artwork, but also an introduction to some of the many artists
in Haiti.
Exhibits consist of the works by Toko Shinoda and Toru Iwaya.
Toko Shinoda is a world-renowned Japanese female artist working with
sumi [ink] paintings and prints. Her art merges traditional calligraphy
with modern abstract expression. A 1983 interview in Time magazine
noted that “her trail-blazing accomplishments are analogous to
Picasso’s”. Shinoda’s works had been exhibited in the Hague National
Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, Cincinnati Art Museum and other
leading museums in the world.
Toru Iwaya is a Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter. Many of his
works are in galleries around the world, in the National Library of
Paris, City Museum of Koriyama, Japan, City Museum of Fukuoka, Japan
and the New York Public Library
The gallery was established by Charles Marks, AIA, whose work in Haiti
over the past 30 years introduced him to some of the foremost
contemporary artists working in that country. Following our exhibit,
Haitian Modern Masters, which brought five of these artists to the
gallery, we have added the work of painters, printmakers,
photographers, sculptors, and mixed media artists from Cuba, Colombia,
France, Fiji, Haiti, Japan and the United States.
http://wheelhorsegallery.com
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