Museum

In the Galleries

Old Techniques, New Interpretations: Japanese Prints from the Paul and Christine Meehan Collection

February 7 - May 6, 2012 

 This exhibit features over 75 prints from the Paul and Christine Meehan Collection, illustrating the achievements of over 40 years of sōsaku hanga (Creative Prints) masters. Sōsaku hanga artists were experimental printmakers, producing highly conceptual works that gave a definitive nod to key developments in Western painting.

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Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories

February 7 - May 6, 2012 

Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto transforms extraordinary metal sculptures into constructions with multiple doors, compartments, drawers and moving parts. Her meticulous, hand-crafted sculptural vignettes present a wide range of whimsical, often surrealist, scenes reminiscent of various places and times, from 1850s Boston to 1950s Tokyo.

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