Wednesday, November 17, 2010-Sunday, January 30, 2011

Chihiro Iwasaki and the Artists she Loved

Chihiro Iwasaki
Portrait of a Girl with Tulips, 1973

Shigeru Hatsuyama (Japan)
From Ningyo Hime (The Little Mermaid), 1967

Käthe Kollwitz (Germany)
Sacrifice, 1922–23

In this exhibition, we will present representative works, oil paintings and sketches by Chihiro, along with artwork by artists she loved and artists under whom she studied, including Shigeru Hatsuyama, Marie Laurencin, and Iri and Toshi Maruki. This exhibition focuses on how Chihiro worked to establish her own artistic style, and how that style changed over the years