the Manyo'an Collection http://www.manyoancollection.org of Japanese Art Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Art Gifts 2009 http://www.manyoancollection.org/art-gifts-2009/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/art-gifts-2009/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:57:15 +0000 maiko http://www.manyoancollection.org/art-gifts-2009/ The Gitter-Yelen Collection strives to contribute to the enjoyment and study of Japanese art through a variety of public offerings, including exhibitions, publications, and donations of works of art from its collection to art and educational institutions around the world.

We were pleased to be able to make the following gifts in 2009.

 

Children Playing in Summer and Winter By Maruyama OSHIN (1790-1838)
Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, color, and gold on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Foundation to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

 

Landscape
By Fukuda KODOJIN (1865-1944)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

 

Landscape By Totoki BAIGAI (1733-1804)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

 

Priest Reading a Sutra
By Obaku KOSEN (1633-1695)
with inscription by Mokuan Shoto (1611-1684)
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

 

Hotei Pointing
By FUGAI Ekun (1568-1654)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

 

 

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/art-gifts-2009/feed/ Website updated with new acquisitions and photos http://www.manyoancollection.org/website-updated-with-new-acquisitions-and-photos/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/website-updated-with-new-acquisitions-and-photos/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:33:08 +0000 maiko http://www.manyoancollection.org/website-updated-with-new-acquisitions-and-photos/ We are pleased to announce the addition of 17 new acquisitions and further updated zoomable images to the Man’yoan Collection website. New acquisitions can be accessed via the "Recent Additions to the Collection" link on the home page, or by clicking here: New Additions.

               

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/website-updated-with-new-acquisitions-and-photos/feed/ Gitter-Yelen Collection Highlights to Travel to Japan http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-collection-highlights-to-travel-to-japan/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-collection-highlights-to-travel-to-japan/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:36:16 +0000 maiko http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-collection-highlights-to-travel-to-japan/ We are pleased to annouce details regarding a traveling exhibition of masterpieces from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to Japan in 2010-2011. The exhibition of approximately 110 Japanese paintings will be curated by Tadashi Kobayashi and will travel to five venues over a one-year period. The tentative touring schedule will be as follows:

Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya: September 11–October 17, 2010

Chiba City Museum of Art: Decmber 14, 2010–January 23, 2011

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art: February 5–March 27, 2011

Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art: June 11–July 24, 2011

The Museum of Kyoto: August 27–October 16, 2011

Additional details of the exhibition will be posted as they are confirmed.

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-collection-highlights-to-travel-to-japan/feed/ Bi-Annual Speaker Series Opens with Prof. Yukio Lippit, Harvard University http://www.manyoancollection.org/bi-annual-speaker-series-opens-with-prof-yukio-lippit-harvard-university/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/bi-annual-speaker-series-opens-with-prof-yukio-lippit-harvard-university/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:36:07 +0000 gitter http://www.manyoancollection.org/bi-annual-speaker-series-opens-with-prof-yukio-lippit-harvard-university/ The Gitter-Yelen Foundation is pleased to announce the reinstatement of a bi-annual invitational lecture series on Japanese art with the support of the U.S.-Japan Foundation. The first speaker, Professor Yukio Lippit of Harvard University, will speak to an audience of select leaders of local cultural and educational institutions on the subject of Japanese aesthetics and culture. Details of the event can be found in the invitation below.

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/bi-annual-speaker-series-opens-with-prof-yukio-lippit-harvard-university/feed/ New Lecture/Workshop Series with Support of U.S. Japan Foundation http://www.manyoancollection.org/new-lectureworkshop-series-with-support-of-us-japan-foundation/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/new-lectureworkshop-series-with-support-of-us-japan-foundation/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:10:27 +0000 maiko http://www.manyoancollection.org/new-lectureworkshop-series-with-support-of-us-japan-foundation/ The Gitter-Yelen Art Study Center is privileged to announce the receipt of a grant from the United States-Japan Foundation in the amount of $20,000 for the first year of a two-year project to expand access to the Gitter-Yelen Japanese Art Collection and strengthen awareness of the collection as a resource among local arts administrators and K-12 educators.

This grant will allow the Center to implement a Japanese art speaker/workshop series inviting internationally recognized specialists in Japanese art to speak to carefully selected audiences identified from within the New Orleans community as part of a larger strategic plan of targeted outreach aimed at integrating the study and appreciation of Japanese art within the curriculum of cultural institutions in New Orleans and beyond. Particular attention will be directed to local high school teachers and their students.
 
We would like to express our gratitude to the United States-Japan Foundation for the opportunity to pursue this project. More information about the individual programs will be forthcoming.

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/new-lectureworkshop-series-with-support-of-us-japan-foundation/feed/ 2009 Zen Mind Calendar available from Amber Lotus http://www.manyoancollection.org/2009-zen-mind-calendar-available-from-amber-lotus/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/2009-zen-mind-calendar-available-from-amber-lotus/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:56:08 +0000 maiko http://www.manyoancollection.org/2009-zen-mind-calendar-available-from-amber-lotus/ Zen Mind Calendar 2009 The 2009 Zen Mind calendar, featuring Zen paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, is now available from Amber Lotus.This year’s calendar features works by Hakuin, Sengai, Jakuchu, and others. Details and ordering information can be found by clicking here to go to the Amber Lotus website.

Greeting cards and journal featuring Gitter-Yelen Collection Zen paintings and quotes by Shunryu Suzuki are also available through this site. 

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/2009-zen-mind-calendar-available-from-amber-lotus/feed/ Zen Mind/Zen Brush opens at Boston MFA http://www.manyoancollection.org/zen-mindzen-brush-opens-at-boston-mfa/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/zen-mindzen-brush-opens-at-boston-mfa/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:42:07 +0000 gitter http://www.manyoancollection.org/zen-mindzen-brush-opens-at-boston-mfa/ The exhibition "Zen Mind/Zen Brush: Japanese Ink Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection" opened at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on October 1, 2008 and will run until January 4, 2009. Special events in conjunction with the exhibition took place on Friday, October 24th, with a special reception followed by a dinner in the Koch Gallery attended by many museum professionals, scholars, friends, and family.

The following Saturday offered a full-day symposium on Zen arts featuring: 

  • Professor Stephen Addiss, University of Richmond, "The Transformation of Japanese Zen Painting"
  • Professor John Stevens, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai Japan, "Personal commentary and disussion in MFA galleries"
  • Professor Bernard Faure, Columbia University, "Zen History, Art, and Ritual in Pre-modern Japan"
  • Dr. Matthew Welch, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, "Annihilating False Zen: The Powerful Art of Zen Master Nantenbo"
  • and collectors Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen on the history of the collection and enduring the hardships of Hurricane Katrina at the collection’s home in New Orleans.

      

Click here to go to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts webpage about the exhibition and to take a virtual tour of selected objects from the exhibition. 

Click here for the Asian Art Newspaper review of the exhibition.

Click here for the Boston Globe review of the exhibition.

 

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/zen-mindzen-brush-opens-at-boston-mfa/feed/ Gitter-Yelen Foundation Announces New Web Site http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-foundation-announces-new-web-site/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-foundation-announces-new-web-site/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:15:16 +0000 bryan http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-foundation-announces-new-web-site/ The Gitter-Yelen Foundation is proud to announce the redesign of the Manyo’an Collection of Japanese Art’s web site (www.manyoancollection.org and www.gitter-yelen.org). The new web site features a bold new design, expanded content, and improved navigation. It is organized to provide quick and direct access to the Collection for all audiences. Features include:

  • Over 500 selected works of art from over 200 artists
  • Higher resolution detail images of the artwork
  • Ability to zoom-and-pan high-quality images of the artwork
  • Japanese translations of artist names, schools, and key navigational elements
  • Related links between works of art, artists, publications, exhibitions, schools and more
  • Expanded list of publications and exhibitions (including tour dates)
  • Browse the collection by recent additions, artists, schools, subjects, mediums & formats, publications, exhibitions, periods, and dated works
  • Search engine dedicated to finding items in the Collection
  • Latest news and announcements
  • Links to other major collections
  • Tour the Collection through Edo-period (1615–1868) works in the Zenga, Nanga, Rinpa, Maruyama-Shijo, Ukiyoe, and Eccentric styles and a newly expanded focus on 20th century paintings and ceramics

Design Team
The Gitter-Yelen Foundation’s web team developed the design and expanded the digital content for the site over the past year. Ongoing work will include the evolution of the web site as new artworks for the Collection continue to be acquired. Bryan Jeffrey Graham (www.bigtada.com), New Orleans graphic designer, led the web design and development collaborating with Dr. Kurt A. Gitter and Alice Yelen Gitter. Maiko Behr provided curatorial support, Japanese translations, research, content expansion, and information architecture to the project.

 

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/gitter-yelen-foundation-announces-new-web-site/feed/ EXHIBITION: Boston Museum of Art http://www.manyoancollection.org/exhibition-boston-museum-of-art/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/exhibition-boston-museum-of-art/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:18:00 +0000 bryan http://www.manyoancollection.org/exhibition-boston-museum-of-art/ Approximately 50 Zenga paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection will be shown at the
Boston Museum of Art beginning October 2008 through January 2009.

]]> http://www.manyoancollection.org/exhibition-boston-museum-of-art/feed/ Sixth Edition of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Calendar http://www.manyoancollection.org/sixth-edition-of-zen-mind-beginners-mind-calendar/ http://www.manyoancollection.org/sixth-edition-of-zen-mind-beginners-mind-calendar/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:14:23 +0000 bryan http://www.manyoancollection.org/sixth-edition-of-zen-mind-beginners-mind-calendar/ The sixth edition of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Calendar from the Gitter-Yelen Collection was recently published by Amber Lotus for 2008.

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