[AnimeClub] Japan Is in Season at the Brooklyn Museum

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Japan Is in Season at the Brooklyn Museum

Spring 2008

To celebrate the opening of the special exhibitions
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MURAKAMI and
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Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900, this spring's programming
focuses on the arts and cultures of Japan.

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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.  Courtesy of Photofest 

Panel Discussion Series: Envisioning Japan

Japanese Film Series: "From Samurai to Superhero"

Creative Art-Marking for Adults

Talks and Tours

Panel Discussion Series: Envisioning Japan

This series explores common themes informing Japanese art and artists, past
and present, on both sides of the Pacific.  The three panels feature a mix
of prominent scholars, curators, artists, and cultural theorists. 

Saturday, April 19, 2-4 p.m.

"Envisioning Japan: Consuming Art in Japan/America"

This panel explores how mass markets, consumerism, and the rise of popular
culture have created challenges and possibilities in Japan and America since
the eighteenth century, with Laura Mueller, curator of
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Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900; Roland Kelts, author of
Japanamerica
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Scott Rothkopf, Senior Editor at Artforum
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and Chad Phillips, Director of Creative Development, Kidrobot
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The panel is moderated by Charles Desmarais, Deputy Director for Art,
Brooklyn Museum.

Saturday, May 17, 2-4 p.m.

"Envisioning Japan: Creative Dialogues with the Wider World"

This panel explores how Japanese artists have created a market for their
work that is simultaneously both Japanese and international, with Adam Kern
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author of Manga from the Floating World: Comicbook Culture and the Kibyoshi
of Edo Japan; Miwako Tezuka, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, the Asia
Society
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Ikumi Kaminishi
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Associate Professor of Art and Art History, Tufts University; and artist
Aiko Nakagawa
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The panel is moderated by Joan Cummins, Curator of Asian Art, Brooklyn
Museum.

Saturday, May 31, 2-4 p.m.

"Envisioning Japan: Portrayals of Women, Beauty, and the Erotic"

This panel explores how gender and sexuality are manifested in both historic
and contemporary Japanese art and popular culture, with Sarah Thompson,
Assistant Curator of Japanese Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Nina
Cornyetz
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author of Dangerous Women, Deadly Words: Phallic Fantasy and Modernity in
Three Japanese Writers; Midori Yoshimoto
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author of Into Performance: Japanese Women Artists in New York; and artist
Noriko Shinohara
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The panel is moderated by independent curator Eric C. Shiner. 

Japanese Film Series: "From Samurai to Superhero"

The Museum presents three afternoons of Japan's cinematic visions, including
films that have influenced Takashi Murakami and classics depicting both
traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. Discussions follow select
films.

Saturday, April 26

1 p.m. Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
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(Hiroyuki Yamaga, 1987, 125 min., animated, NR). A young slacker
unexpectedly becomes the first man in space on a parallel earth.

3:30 p.m. Dreams
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(Akira Kurosawa, 1990, 119 min., NR). Eight of the director's dreams and
nightmares from boyhood to old age.

Sunday, May 18

1 p.m. The Dagger of Kamui
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(Rintaro, 1985, 132 min., animated, NR). On the eve of the Meiji
restoration, a Japanese orphan travels to the American West and back to
avenge his parents' murder. 

3:30 p.m. 47 Ronin
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(Kon Ichikawa, 1994, 129 min., NR). A classic true story of samurai honor. 

Saturday, June 14

1 p.m. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
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(Mamoru Oshii, 2004, 100 min., animated, PG-13). Young girls transformed
into android dolls fight back.

3:30 p.m. Sisters of the Gion
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(Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936, 95 min., NR). Two geisha sisters are divided over
their devotion to their patrons.

Creative Art-Marking for Adults

Manga Pop-Up Cards

Saturday, April 19, 2-4 p.m.

Explore the work of Takashi Murakami with Brooklyn-based artist Lai-Chung
Poon by creating a three-dimensional manga card. Free with Museum admission,
but registration is required via e-mail:
creative.art.making at brooklynmuseum.org.

Garden Sketches and Prints

Saturday, June 14, 2-4 p.m.

Sketch in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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and learn about nineteenth-century Japanese printmaking techniques with
artist Nathan Sensel. Class is free with Museum admission, but registration
is required via e-mail: creative.art.making at brooklynmuseum.org.

Talks and Tours

Curator Talk: Japonisme in American Graphic Art, 1880-1920

Saturday, May 10, 1 p.m., and Sunday, June 22, 2 p.m.

Karen Sherry, Assistant Curator of American Art, gives a talk.

Curator Talk: Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900

Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m.

Laura Mueller, curator of the exhibition, gives a talk.

All programs are free with Museum admission, unless otherwise stated. As
seating is limited, participation in programs is on a first-come,
first-served basis. Please note that programming is subject to change. To
learn more about the Museum and to check the latest programming schedules,
please check www.brooklynmuseum.org
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For information on the Museum's rich selection of ongoing programming and
resources, please see the Education page www.brooklynmuseum.org/education/
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