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Old Techniques, New Interpretations: Japanese Prints from the Paul and Christine Meehan Collection
February 7, 2012 - 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 from Kiyoshi Saitō (1907-1997) to Toko Shinoda (b. 1913), among many others. Sōsaku hanga artists were experimental printmakers, producing highly conceptual works that gave a definitive nod to key developments in Western painting.

Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories
February 7, 2012 - May 6, 2012 

Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto transforms extraordinary metal sculptures into music boxes, clocks, and other 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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Ghosts, Goblins, and Gods: The Supernatural in Japanese Art
May 22 – September 16, 2012
The tenets of Shintō, Japan’s native religion are based on the belief that spirits inhabit the natural world. Some of these gods are regarded as guardian spirits while others are harmful tricksters, deceiving humans and coaxing them into foolish, reckless behavior. This exhibition comprises an array of paintings, colorful woodblock prints, sculptures, masks and other objects depicting a host of legendary ghosts, gods, and other-worldly beings.