Date of Graduation
Fall 12-15-2017
Document Access
Project/Capstone - Global access
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Museum Studies
College/School
College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program
Museum Studies
First Advisor
Stephanie A. Brown
Abstract
In the last decade, there has been a telling increase of attention given to contemporary Asian artists exhibited in the United States and Europe. Since 2008, artists from China, Japan, South Korea, and Central Asia have been featured in exhibitions from the Venice Biennale to the Whitney Biennale, and are becoming ever more present on the Western art stage. Meanwhile, curatorial practice, once focused on the care of objects, is shifting to encompass a wider range of creative activity. Curators are taking time to engage with living artists in a collaborative setting, rather than as impartial facilitators. This capstone seeks to address the lack of non-Western art in the rural United States Southwest in an effort to further the academic conversation around contemporary Japanese artistic practices. Through the publication of an exhibition catalogue, Northern Arizona will have the opportunity to engage with the ongoing intercultural dialogue on the globalized artistic stage, and support the international practice of emerging contemporary artist Yasuaki Onishi.
Recommended Citation
Lawhead, Emily, "Curating Contemporary Japanese Art: Exhibition Catalogue Production for Hidden Landscapes: Yasuaki Onishi and Invisible Space" (2017). Master's Projects and Capstones. 677.
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/677
Included in
Asian Art and Architecture Commons, Contemporary Art Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Japanese Studies Commons, Museum Studies Commons, Sculpture Commons
