![]() In the state that emerged under the leadership of the Tokugawa shogunate, organized religion played a much less important role in people's lives, and the arts that survived were primarily secular. After the Ōnin War (1467–1477), Japan entered a period of political, social, and economic disruption that lasted for over a century. In the 9th century, as the Japanese began to turn away from China and develop indigenous forms of expression, the secular arts became increasingly important until the late 15th century, both religious and secular arts flourished. The earliest complex art in Japan was produced in the 7th and 8th centuries in connection with Buddhism. Over time the Japanese developed the ability to absorb, imitate, and finally assimilate those elements of foreign culture that complemented their aesthetic preferences. ![]() Japan has been subject to sudden invasions of new ideas followed by long periods of minimal contact with the outside world. It has a long history, ranging from the beginnings of human habitation in Japan, sometime in the 10th millennium BCE, to the present day. At the same time, she pictures the landscape in terms which suggest digital photography and its role in maintaining memory.Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, and more recently manga and anime. Her photographs of the Antarctic evoke expeditions of the mid-19th century, whilst her paintings of Kenwood’s rhododendrons recall the designs of William Morris. She is interested in the history of a place, including the writers, artists, poets and philosophers who have walked there before us. Marianne Nix combines photography, digital tools, traditional printmaking and oil paint to create layered images of the landscape. Goodbye Enemy Starship by Geoff Diego Litherland 6. The result is a fantasia of abstraction: he creates a parallel world that seeks to not only question our perception of and relationship to nature, but paintings’ historical and current role in that. The artist draws from traditional genres of painting and the surrealism of science fiction. Geoff Diego Litherland explores the tension between the natural world and its appropriation by human influence. He leaves you dreaming of an escape to Amalfi. Whilst honouring antiquity, the artist pictures the landscape in a unique calligraphic style. He also frames each scene from cinematic vantage points, blurring the boundaries between myth and reality. An exceptional colourist, he pictures Italy as a romantic dream-place, populated by classical statues, mythical messengers and pink trees. With an Italian father, Roberto Pagliarulo paints the coastline of Amalfi as a means of exploring his cultural heritage. ![]() Regina Hiems (Queen of Winter) by Geoff Uglow (courtesy of the artist) 4. At the same time, the gestural, sculptural quality to his expressive painting technique shows the artist moving the medium forward. His richly painted, large-scale canvases celebrate the traditional symbolism of the rose, as an emblem of love. Over the last ten years, he has cultivated a magnificent rose garden, gathering hips and seeds from his travels to Scotland and Italy. Geoff Uglow paints the landscape that surrounds his studio in rural Cornwall. I am interested in creating works that will continue to grow and change long after I am not here.”Įliot's Note Books by John Newling (courtesy of the artist) As the artist explains: “I wish to contribute and give new possibilities to the traditions of landscape art. Through his art, Newling invites us to consider a closer connection with, and greater understanding of, the natural world. If placed in the earth, these would grow again. ![]() In a reverse process, he has subsequently used the soil to create books. Eliot’s poem The Wasteland into sustainable soil. In Eliot's Note Books, he has transformed hundreds of copies of T. John Newling’s conceptual art is not only about nature, but made with nature. Standing stones, gumbi gumbi, stone tool by Judy Watson (courtesy of Ikon Gallery) With devastating wildfires in 2020, an apocalyptic quality to her burnt orange canvases delivers an urgent message. She confronts colonial power, and the destruction of culture and community, as well as ecological issues. Large wall hangings picture grasslands, monuments, tools and significant sites from her homeland. The landscape is a recurring subject in her practice, through which she explores her Aboriginal heritage. ![]() Let’s take a look at 6 artists pushing past tradition to re-imagine the landscape in contemporary terms.Īustralian artist Judy Watson works in printmaking, painting, video and installation. ![]()
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