Skyscrapers
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Yako Hōdō, originally based in Niigata Prefecture, moved to Tokyo and studied with Baba Shōdō (1925–1996), a visionary bamboo artist who encouraged him to explore the possibilities of contemporary sculpture. Hōdō earned recognition for his large-scale compositions of split bamboo and began showing work at the Nitten exhibitions in 1973.
Skyscrapers, which displays a type of parallel construction (kushime) and bending (mage), represents his style during this period. Hōdō supported his family, meanwhile, by producing bamboo lampshades. In the mid-1990s, he began making functional pieces, such as flower baskets, which he submitted to the annual Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibitions.
Skyscrapers, which displays a type of parallel construction (kushime) and bending (mage), represents his style during this period. Hōdō supported his family, meanwhile, by producing bamboo lampshades. In the mid-1990s, he began making functional pieces, such as flower baskets, which he submitted to the annual Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibitions.
Artwork Details
- 八子鳳堂造 「高町」
- Title: Skyscrapers
- Artist: Yako Hōdō (Japanese, born 1940)
- Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
- Date: 1989
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Timber bamboo and rattan
- Dimensions: 30 × 12 1/2 × 7 in. (76.2 × 31.8 × 17.8 cm)
- Classification: Bamboo
- Credit Line: Lent by Diane and Arthur Abbey
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art