07.30.2009 2:35 pm
SLAM to show Japanese screens
The St. Louis Art Museum has announced its major fall exhibition, and its title is a mouthful. “Five Centuries of Japanese Screens: Masterpieces from the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago” opens in the museum’s special exhibition galleries October 18. The show will feature masterpieces of Japanese screen making that are rarely seen. Organized by Philip Hu, SLAM’s associate curator of Asian art, it is the first major exhibition to feature traditional Japanese screens on paper or silk along with modern and contemporary screens in less orthodox media such as lacquer and ceramic. The exhibition is accompanied by a major catalog published by Yale University Press. It is currently on view in Chicago.
