Exhibition5 Dec 2007 – 26 Jan 2008
Christopher Köller: Floating Worlds
Floating Worlds is Köller’s photographic investigation of the contemporary Japanese surfing subculture, compiled during a residency at the Australia Council’s Tokyo studio…
Installation image. Black robe, white mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. Black robe, white mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. Black robe, white mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. Black robe, white mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. Black robe, white mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Installation image. Black robe, white mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy, RMIT Gallery 2008.
Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu
Ōtagaki Rengetsu (or Lotus Moon 1791–1875) was one of very few successful female artists of 19th Century Japan.
Her tragic life inspired great creativity and this exhibition introduces us to not only her work as a poet and calligrapher but also her pottery and scroll-painting.
Largely drawn from international private collections, Black Robe, White Mist shows contemplative works of paper and clay inscribed with Rengetsu’s elegant poetry and unpretentious calligraphy.
Her work reflects the beauty of the imperfect and unconventional, and this is the first show outside Japan to focus solely on her art.
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