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Society for Asian Art Newsletter for Members The Society for Asian Art is a support organization for the As we say goodbye to the Year of the Dog, and welcome the Year of the Pig, come by the Asian Art Museum to see Your Dog by Yoshitomo Nara, now on view on Osher Plaza. March - April 2019 No. 2 © Yoshitomo Nara, courtesy Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo and Pace Gallery. Photo by Susan Lai.

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Society for Asian Art Newsletter for Members

The Society for Asian Art is a support organization for the

As we say goodbye to the Year of the Dog, and welcome the Year of the Pig,

come by the Asian Art Museum to see Your Dog by Yoshitomo Nara, now on view on Osher Plaza.

March - April 2019 No. 2

© Yoshitomo Nara, courtesy Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo and Pace Gallery. Photo by Susan Lai.

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Society for Asian ArtMarch - April 2019, No. 2

Members’ Newsletter Edited by John Nelson

and Susan Lai

Published bimonthly by Society for Asian Art

200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102

www.societyforasianart.org (415) 581-3701

[email protected]

Copyright © 2019 Society for Asian Art

Board of Directors 2018-2019

President Trista Berkovitz Past President Anne Adams Vice President Margaret Edwards Vice President Ehler Spliedt Secretary Greg Potts Treasurer Ed Baer

Margaret Booker Agnes Brenneman

Deborah Clearwaters* Sheila Dowell Nancy Jacobs     

Phyllis Kempner Etsuko Kobata

Myoung-ja Lee Kwon Barbara Levinson Forrest McGill* Lawrence Mock

Howard Moreland John Nelson

Merrill Randol Pamela Royse        

Marsha Vargas Handley Diane Weber Kalim Winata Sylvia Wong Kasey Yang

*ex officio

IN THIS ISSUE

Fridays, January 25 – April 26 Spring 2019 Arts of Asia Lecture Series The Architecture of Asia: From Baghdad to Beijing, Kabul to Kyoto, and Tehran to Tokyo

Sundays, January 27, February 17, February 24, March 10, March 31 and April 7 Spring 2019 Literature and Culture Course Global Routes of Travel Writing with Aria Fani Thursday, March 7 Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad with Rosaline Kyo

Saturday, March 16 Study Group - Exploring Sumi-e and Nihonga with Fumiyo Yoshikawa

Saturday, March 23 “Memory on Cloth" - Japanese Textile Traditions from Kimono Refashioned with Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

Friday, April 5 Book Sale

UPCOMING EVENTS (subject to change)

Saturday, May 11 Study Group - Reading Chinese Paintings with Melissa Abbe

SAA Board Nominations

The Nominating Committee is looking for candidates to serve on the SAA Board of Directors for 2019 - 2020. This is a working board with all members serving on at least one committee. The committees plan and manage 100 or so programs every year. If you would like to be considered, or wish to recommend a potential candidate, please contact the Chair of the Nominating Committee, Pamela Royse, via email, [email protected]. Thank you.

ANNUAL MEETING AND RECEPTION

When: Thursday, May 16 Time: 5:30 p.m. Place: Samsung Hall, Asian Art Museum

Save the date!

Invitations will be mailed to all members in good standing as of April 1.

The Annual Meeting starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by a buffet reception.

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ARTS OF ASIA SPRING 2019 LECTURE SERIES

The Architecture of Asia: From Baghdad to Beijing, Kabul to Kyoto, and Tehran to Tokyo

When: Fridays, January 25 – April 26 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Place: UC Hastings College of the Law, Snodgrass Hall, 198 McAllister Street Fee: $175 Society members, $200 non-members for the series. $20 per lecture drop-in, subject to availability.

Join us as we explore the architecture of Asia and how geography, technology, cultures and beliefs are reflected in Asia’s built environment of gardens, palaces, temples and tombs. The architecture of Asia reflects the religious, cultural and social values of the people who ruled, built, and worshipped over the millennia.

Our roster of distinguished scholars will examine ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary Asian architecture while offering insights into what “globalism” meant in the past and what it means today. Architectural monuments will include the great Buddhist sites of India, Nepal, Cambodia and Thailand; Mughal and Islamic mosques, tombs and gardens of Indian and the Near East; Japanese Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples and gardens; the extraordinary and unique stepwells of India; the Chinese classical palace and gardens of the Qianlong Emperor; and the contemporary works of the celebrated architect, I.M. Pei. Our Instructor of Record is Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker of Mills College.

January 25 Sacred Geomancy: The Architecture of Early India Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker, Mills College

February 1 Bakong Temple and Sacred Mountains & Landscapes in Khmer Architecture Mark Jarzombek, MIT

February 8 East Asian Architecture in the 5th to 10th Centuries Nancy Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania

February 15 Revisiting Svayambhunath and Other Heritage Sites in the Kathmandu Valley after the Earthquakes of 2015 Alexander von Rospatt, UC Berkeley

February 22 Seen and Not Seen: The Architecture of the Shinto Shrines of Ise Jonathan Reynolds, Columbia University

March 1 Capturing Paradise: Gardens and Architecture in East Asia Tracy Miller, Vanderbilt University

March 8 Houses For Kings and Divine Beings: The Palaces and Temples of Thailand Pat Chiripravati, Sacramento State University

March 15 Japanese Contemporary Architecture Ken Tadashi Oshima, University of Washington

March 22 Northern vs. Southern Deccan: Gateways, Gunpowder, and the Chalukya Legacy Richard Eaton, University of Arizona

March 29 An Emperor’s Private Paradise: The Sumptuous Garden Designed By the Qianlong Emperor for His Quiet, Personal Reflection Nancy Berliner, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

April 5 Subterranean Ghosts: India’s Vanishing Stepwells Victoria Lautman, Journalist

April 12 Mughal Architecture Catherine Asher, University of Minnesota

April 19 Islamic Architecture: Miracles of Structure, Space and Surface Henry Matthews, Washington State University

April 26 I.M. Pei, W. Gropius & Japanese Architecture Seng Kuan, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Borobudur, Indonesia Bird’s Nest, Beijing National Stadium, Beijing

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LITERATURE AND CULTURE SPRING 2019 COURSE

Exploring Sumi-e and Nihonga Painting With Fumiyo Yoshikawa

When: Saturday, March 16 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Place: Koret Education Center, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Fee: $40 Society members; $50 non-members (after museum admission), includes lunch

Fumiyo Yoshikawa was born and raised in Kyoto, where she studied Japanese art and history. She specialized in Japanese brush painting methods, Sumi-e and Nihonga. This master artist will give a hands-on workshop on painting. She will demonstrate traditional Japanese techniques as well as incorporate kimono patterns into her presentation. This will tie in with the current special exhibition, Kimono Refashioned. 

One of Yoshikawa's goals is to introduce the aesthetics of Japanese culture to the study group participants. Don't miss this special opportunity to work with both an artist and a teacher. You will gain valuable insight from Yoshikawa's teachings. 

Lunch will be included as well as art supplies. You are welcome to bring your own paint brushes and paper. 

Fumiyo Yoshikawa lives in the East Bay, where she teaches classes as well as exhibits in galleries and shows. Her studio is in San Pablo.

Note: We will not be accepting drop ins because we will provide lunch for participants. The study group starts before the museum opens to the public. Only registered attendees will be allowed into the museum. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

STUDY GROUP

Global Routes of Travel Writing With Aria Fani

When: Sundays, January 27, February 17, February 24, March 10, March 31, and April 7 Time: 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Place: Resource Room on January 27 and February 24, Koret Education Center on March 10, and March 31, Asian Art Museum, and the Community Room at Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco on February 17 and April 7 Fee: $135 Society members; $160 non-members (after museum admission)

Arguably more than other literary genres, travel writings document the ways in which all cultures have developed through stubbornly unmappable patterns of contact and exchange with the outside world. They show us that no culture is ever sealed off from humanity and that any effort to neatly classify the world into self-contained civilizational units is necessarily misguided and ahistorical. 

In this course we will examine 4 travelogues. We will travel to Egypt, Palestine and Arabia with the 11th-century Central Asian poet and traveler, Nasir-i Khusraw. Ibn Battuta’s 14th-century text will take us across Africa, Asia and Europe. Gertrude Bell registers her impressions of 19th-century Persia. In her 20th century account, Halide Edib meditates on the process of nation building in pre-partition India in her 20th-century account.

Our travel guide will be Aria Fani, who has taught classes on travelers’ tales at UC Berkeley, but this class has been designed specifically for the Society for Asian Art Literature and Culture series.

Aria Fani is completing his Ph.D. in the Near Eastern Studies Program at UC Berkeley. He studies the contemporary poetry and literary historiography of the Persianate world as well as the social space of Persian in South Asia.

Note: Please see our website for a complete list of texts and the class schedule.

274. Umber, View of the old city from the Dewan Kana, approx. 1875–1900. India; Amber, Rajasthan state. Albumen silver print. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, From the Collection of William K. Ehrenfeld, M.D., 2005.64.485. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Leap and Splash, 2016, by Fumiyo Yoshikawa. Ink and watercolor on shikishi. © Fumiyo Yoshikawa.

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MEMBER EVENTS

Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad With Rosaline Kyo

When: Thursday, March 7 Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Place: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), 2155 Center Street, Berkeley Fee: $15 Society members; $20 non-members

Since the mid-1990s, Tibetan artists working in Lhasa began to explore contemporary modes of expression that embody the rapidly shifting world around them. These artists have combined their visual traditions with non-traditional mediums to express their views on contemporary issues, such as migration, displacement, and identity.

Come join us as we explore the representational strategies artists working in Tibet and abroad have adopted and adapted. From works by artists trained in traditional thangka paintings to video works produced by academically trained artists, we will examine how artists both local and global face these issues.

Having earned her doctoral degree in the History of Art at UC Berkeley, Rosaline Kyo curated Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad during her year as a Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at BAMPFA. She specializes in later Chinese and Tibetan art, with a focus on intercultural artistic connections and depictions of ethnic others in Chinese visual culture.

"Memory on Cloth” - Japanese Textile Traditions from Kimono Refashioned With Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

When: Saturday, March 23 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Place: Slow Fiber Studios Annex, 1825 8th Street (at Hearst), Berkeley Fee: $15 Society members; $20 non-members

The Asian Art Museum’s spring exhibition Kimono Refashioned features a cornucopia of Japanese textile traditions that were enthusiastically adapted into the modern and contemporary fashion worlds. In this lecture, local scholar Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada will lead us into a deeper understanding of the wonders of such textiles with a focus on tradition, design innovation and re-use of material.

Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada is an artist, curator, author and co-author of several books including The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art to Wear in America, Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now, and Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped-Resist Dyeing. She was named Distinguished Craft Educator - Master of Medium by the James Renwick Alliance, Smithsonian Institute, 2011 and in 2016, was awarded the George Hewitt Meyers Award for her lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to the field of textile arts from the George Washington University Museum Textile Museum. She is an Honorary Fellow of the American Crafts Council.

SAA Book Sale

When: Friday, April 5 Time: 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Place: Loggia, Asian Art Museum Fee: Free after Museum Admission

Thousands of books, including collector's items, will be available at bargain prices to benefit the museum's C. Laan Chun Library. Selections include Asian art, history, literature, religion, culture, cooking, travel, textiles, jewelry and more.

This year's rarities include a 1st Edition of "Chinese Panting with the Original Paintings & Discourses on Chinese Art by Professor Chang Da-chien", 1961.

Over the past decade, the sale of donated books has raised more than $95,000 for the Museum's library, one of the most extensive art libraries in the country. The funds are used to acquire publications and periodicals.

Tenzing Rigdol: Wrathful Dance, 2014; mixed media on canvas; 36 1/4 x 35 3/4 in.; collection of Lance and Christine Dublin.

Photo by Ehler Spliedt.

Photo by Nic Castellanos.

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LOTUS LEAVES

The Fall 2018 Issue is Available Online! This issue features three articles. The first is an article by Patricia Yu, doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley on Chinese gardens in the United States, including the Portland and Huntington Gardens. The second article is by Albert Dien, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, on the Sogdians and  how aspects of culture have been brought to life by tombs excavated in China. The third article in this issue also inaugurates a new annual feature, "Around the Asian," which will focus on artworks in or around the Asian Art Museum.  Bob Oaks writes about the statue of Ashurbanipal on the south side of the Asian Art Museum; how it came to be and why it is there.

To access online issues of Lotus Leaves:

• Go to the SAA website, https://www.societyforasianart.org

• Click on the “Lotus Leaves” button on the banner along the top of the screen. This will open the Lotus Leaves page.

• Click on “View PDF” of the issue you would like to read 

To print a copy of Lotus Leaves:

• Press “Ctrl and P” on your keyboard at the same time

• Follow the commands your computer gives you to print a copy  Cover of Spring 2018 Issue of Lotus Leaves.

© Society for Asian Art.

SAA members enjoyed the Holiday Party on December 9, 2018 at the Zentner Collection, Emeryville.

Photos by Anne Dorsey.

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q January 25 - April 26 Spring 2019 Arts of Asia Lecture Series: The Architecture of Asia$175 Members $200 Non-Members

q January 27 - April 7 Spring 2019 Literature & Culture Course: Global Routes of Travel Writing$135 Members $160 Non-Members

q March 7 Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad with Rosaline Kyo at BAMPFA$15 Members $20 Non-Members

q March 16 Study Group - Exploring Sumi-e and Nihonga Painting with Fumiyo Yoshikawa$40 Members $50 Non-Members

q March 23 “Memory on Cloth” - Japanese Textile Traditions from Kimono Refashioned with Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada at Slow Fiber Studios Annex

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Donations for Book Sale

We now accept books throughout the year for our annual Book Sale. So if you move, downsize or are tired of all the books collecting dust in your home, please donate them to our Book Sale. We are accepting books with Asian subjects only, be it art, culture, novels, history, travel, cooking, exhibition catalogues or others.

Due to construction at the museum, we are unable to accept book donations at the SAA office. You can drop off books at the Friday morning Arts of Asia lectures at UC Hastings. If you have a lot of books, we are happy to pick them up from your home within the Bay Area. Please contact the SAA office at 415-581-3701 or [email protected] for details.