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Par Art in the 30th Kyoto Art Festival 2016

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Par Art, a private gallery in a renovated machiya (old Japanese house made in the Kyoto style), has started participating in the Kyoto Art Festival in recent years. A few artists who exhibit in the main group are selected for a show here but unlike the Annex and Kokokan, artists can sell their work at Par Art. Wendy Carroll, Deborah Stout, Minoru Masuda, Erika Kusumoto, Tomoko Yokota, and Wataru Kawashima were the lucky artists this year.

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Kokoka in the 30th Kyoto Art Festival 2016

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Kokoka is the shorted form of Kokusai Koryu Kaikan, the Japanese name for the Kyoto City International Foundation. Since Kokoka is a municipal building, it is involved with the Kyoto Art festival and has become a venue where a handful of artists can be spotlighted in recent years.

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Glass, Lacquer, Ceramic, and Other 2D Artwork at the 30th Kyoto Art Festival: International Exhibition of Art 2016

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To make this large group show easier to see, the work had to be divided into smaller sections. Does the artwork in this section belong with the paintings or the sculpture? You decide.

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Stained Glass at the 30th Kyoto Art Festival: International Exhibition of Art 2016

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The annual show at the Annex is unusual in that many stained-glass artists are also featured. In fact, one hallway is darkened so that the lamps and other glass items can show off their bright colours.

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Mixed Media at the 30th Kyoto Art Festival: International Exhibition of Art 2016

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Probably more of the artwork in other categories are mixed media, since more and more artists are exploring new medium mixed with a familiar one. Genres are also more fluid than they used to be.

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Calligraphy and Ink Paintings at the 30th Kyoto Art Festival: International Exhibition of Art 2016

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Ink is a  medium that is greatly used in Asia but rarely used in Europe, North America, or Oceania. Ink wash, Chinese brush paintings, sumi-e, and ink paintings or calligraphy, shodo, sagyeong or one of the many other names used are highly valued forms of artistic expression in Asia.

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Textile and Paper at the 30th Kyoto Art Festival: International Exhibition of Art 2016

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The textile and paper artists tend not to create work that is as flashy as others, but nonetheless they are earning recognition every year at the annual International Exhibition of Art in the Annex of the Kyoto Municipal Art Museum. You might have to look carefully at its details to fully appreciate the artwork, but that extra time is usually worth it.

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