Asian Art in London is an annual programme that promotes London as a centre of excellence in the arts of Asia. Each October/November in and around Central London an intensive programme of specialised exhibitions, auctions and lectures is offered by its Participants - respected dealers, major auction houses and cultural institutions specialising in Asian Art.
Jonathan Hope
This exhibition includes a collection of fine 19th century Javanese topeng, theatrical masks, complimented by a number of fine Indonesian textiles and an important Indian palempore dating from circa 1730 made on the Coromandel coast for the Dutch market.
There will also be certain objects of interest to collectors of ethnographic art from India and South East Asia, including material from Nagaland, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Hanga Ten | Summer Breeze – Images from Late Summer
Hanga Ten is pleased to exhibit here images of late summer from four of our master printmaking artists – Nana Shiomi, Katsunori Hamanishi, Kazuyuki Ohtsu and Daniel Kelly. They each show their artistic force and uniqueness through their own methods of printmaking, be it woodblock (Shiomi, Ohtsu), mezzotint (Hamanishi), or Kelly (combination printmaking methods and mixed media).
Simon Pilling | REGENERATION
The Japanese have long dealt with natural disasters that have tested their resolve to rebuild and renew. While our lives may remain constrained, the optimism and creativity of the Japanese artistic spirit continues to inspire us through its dedication to visual beauty.
Contained within the exhibition are works which transcend the challenges of everyday life and provide a source of spiritual regeneration. Work by Azusa Irizawa – a young female artist, just embarking on her career – revisits precedents to create new approaches in lacquer. A masterwork by Okada Yuji, towards the end of an illustrious career, delights and astonishes in its brilliance. Regeneration also takes the form of rediscovery and refinement of historic techniques, seen in the work of Living National treasure Tsukamoto Kaiji, whose lifelong passion for the porcelains of the Chinese Song Dynasty revived lost skills. A final major work by ceramicist Miyashita Zenji projects a utopian tranquility through his ability to fashion calming landscapes using his signature creative process.