Did you shower today, or did you make do with a quick spritz of Axe body spray? Across history, hygiene and cleanliness in art have mirrored shifting values about purity, beauty, and human nature. Edo ...
The works of woodblock printmaking pioneers Hishikawa Moronobu and Torii Kiyomasu II consist of lyrical and visually complex images created before the invention of the multiblock printing method.
Bond was a special piece for Japanese bamboo artist Torii Ippo (1930-2011). Created in 1981 as one of only a few sculptural pieces he'd made at that stage of his career, Bond was a confluence of the ...