Bridge of Phantom, 坪井明日香 Tsuboi Asuka

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坪井明日香 Tsuboi Asuka, Bridge of Phantom
坪井明日香 Tsuboi Asuka, Bridge of Phantom
坪井明日香 Tsuboi Asuka
Bridge of Phantom
2006
Bridge of Phantom, 2006
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: stoneware; glaze; string
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 19 x 9 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 7 1/2 x 3 9/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum
Accession number: 2006.0093
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Japan Re-imagined/Post-war Art," Mar-2008, Kris Ercums Tsuboi broke into the male-dominated world of ceramics at an early age, but only began to distinguish herself after a 1966 trip to China, where she was greatly affected by the diabolic use of self-criticism to humiliate and brainwash intellectuals during the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Upon her return to Japan she began to produce conceptually based ceramics that question the place of women in Japanese society through an investigation of the material culture of fabric and textiles associated with femininity. In this work, she renders the stylish bag carried by women wearing the traditional kimono, transforming the pliable, delicate form into one of solidity and substance.