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See/Saw: Connections Between Japanese Art Then and Now

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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

BY ADAM ROSENBECK Japan has been called a land of contradictions. Both isolated and integrated, aggressive and refined, old and new. Perhaps it is no surprise then that the country’s contemporary art, a reflection of these qualities, may appear bewildering. Their subjects, compositions, and themes often have no parallels in Western art. In “See/Saw,” Ivan [...]