KAB Events - in the Wakayama area http://www.kansaiartbeat.com//list/event_area_wakayama en TokyoArtBeat Team ( contact at tokyoartbeat dot com ) "Calligraphic Works from the Modern Period" Exhibition http://www.kansaiartbeat.com/event/2008/E94C "Calligraphic Works from the Modern Period" Exhibition
at Wakayama City Museum
3-2 Minatohonmachi, Wakayama 640-8222
Media: Calligraphy
(2008-04-26 - 2008-05-25)

The exhibition features works created by local artists from the Wakayama area.

]]> "Lyrical Styles" Exhibition http://www.kansaiartbeat.com/event/2008/E1BF poster for "Lyrical Styles" Exhibition
"Lyrical Styles" Exhibition
at The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
1-4-14 Fukiage, Wakayama 640-8137
Media: Painting - Art Talk
(2008-04-19 - 2008-05-25)

Lyricism is a method in which one expresses their inner emotions through art. Abstract art is one form of this expression. This exhibition features works by artists Koshiro Onchi (1891-1955) and Masanari Murai (1905-1999), who both were born in Wakayama and utilized the expression. Art Talk: May 4th (Sun/Holiday), May 5th (Mon/Holiday), May 6th (Tue/Holiday) 14:00-15:00 on all days [Image: Koshiro Onchi "Lyric No.8 Spring" (around 1950)]

]]> "Chiekosho" Exhibition http://www.kansaiartbeat.com/event/2008/EEF9 poster for "Chiekosho" Exhibition
"Chiekosho" Exhibition
at Tanabe City Museum of Art
24-43 Takinai-cho, Tanabe, Wakayama 646-0015
Media: Painting - Other - Sculpture
(2008-04-19 - 2008-06-01)

Part I: April 19th (Mon) - May 11th (Sun) Part II: May 13th (Tue) - June 1st (Sun)

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"Cultural Heritages of Tanabe and Kozan Temple" Exhibition
at Wakayama Prefectural Museum
1-4-14 Fukiage, Wakayama 640-8137
Media: Crafts - Ceramics - Other - Art Talk
(2008-04-26 - 2008-06-01)

The Kozan Temple located in Tanabe city is a temple that particularly supports the Shingon sect. The temple has been an avid collector of Buddhist art, and the exhibition features the most notable pieces from the collection. Art Talk: April 27th (Sun), May 2nd (Fri), 9th (Fri), 11th (Sun), 16th (Fri), 23rd (Fri), 25th (Sun), 30th (Fri) *For more information please visit the URL below. [Image: "Kobo Daishizo" (late Kamakura period) wood, height 79.3cm]

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"Collection 2008 Spring" Exhibition
at The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
1-4-14 Fukiage, Wakayama 640-8137
Media: Painting - Sculpture
(2008-04-15 - 2008-06-29)

[Image: Eitaro Ishigaki "Bonus March"]

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Ryoun Watase Exhibition
at Kumanokodo Nakahechi Museum
892 Nakahechi-cho Chikatsuyu, Tanabe-city, Wakayama 646-1402
Media: Painting
(2008-04-26 - 2008-07-06)

This exhibition is an opportunity to look back at the career of leading Showa era Japanese Southern School painter Ryoun Watase, introducing some of his best works and commemorative pieces. Part I: April 26th (Sat) - June 1st (Sun) Part II: June 7th (Sat) - July 6th (Sun) [Image: Ryoun Watase "Estuary"]

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