Radiant Suns and Rising Dragons: Japanese Art Deco Video Event
About the Program:
The Art Deco Society of New York’s series of web-based illustrated talks inspired by our Destination DecoTM travel program continues with an exciting virtual visit to explore the often under-appreciated, yet stunning, Art Deco heritage of Japan.
In this recorded video presentation––which you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home at a time that best fits your schedule––professor, author, and curator, Kendall Brown, takes us on an in-depth exploration of Japanese Art Deco as an expression of national power.
By examining unique Japanese Deco works of the interwar era, we discover the power of the Deco style to convey Japan’s emerging identity as a global power. This recorded web-based program surveys architecture, arts, and mass media, analyzing art forms as different as cigarette packaging and a tower dedicated to connecting “heaven and earth” to convey Japan’s growing militaristic fervor.
You are sure to enjoy this fascinating international exploration into an often overlooked Deco past. Get your ticket today!
This recorded video event includes the original PowerPoint––with wonderful images that you will be able to see directly on your computer screen, tablet, or mobile device.
About the Speaker:
Kendall Brown is Professor of Asian Art History at California State University Long Beach. He publishes actively in several areas of Japanese art as well as on Japanese-style gardens in North America. He has curated exhibitions for several American museums and was the guest curator of the highly acclaimed travelling exhibition, Deco Japan, and lead author of the catalogue of the same name (Art Services International, 2012), and author of "Powerful Dragons and Radiant Suns: Art Deco and Japanese Militarism” in Bridget Elliot and Michael Windover, eds. The Routledge Companion to Art Deco (NY: Routledge, 2019). Dr. Brown is currently working on an exhibition of Japanese sheet music cover illustration for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Registration:
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- Click the gold Register button located to the left of the "About the Program" section
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All ticket sales are final. Sorry, there are no refunds or exchanges.
ADSNY is not able to issue new access information for this video event after the expiration date of the access link and password you receive upon your registration.
