Peabody Essex Museum

Susan and I med Barbara and Bill (sister and husband) at the PEM for a special exhibit (which is the next blog), but I saw a lot of art I admire so much, each and every time I go.  Here is a select few (?) to enjoy.

Fantastic construction in the Nature as inspiration section.

Detail of above (sorry I didn't get the artist)

Alexandra Bowers

"Moth Works" 2015

Dark-waved Angle Moth

This is done by wood burning!

Emily Longbrake

"Origin/Insertion I,2 & 3" 2017"

A photo can't do justice to the delicacy and complexity of this work

Edict Tablet, 1682

Bird Cage Vase, Japan

Kano Tomokazu

about 1765-1840

Netsuke in the shape of a 

rat-infested bag of grain

One inch tall

I just looked up the current record for a Netsuke at auction.

It is an astounding 265,000 lbs at Bonham's Auctions

Artist in Satsuma Province, late 19th century

"Chinese Doctor"

Spectacular travel case, made in France, inspired by Japanese art

Matthew Hatala

"African Blackwood Vessel" 2002

Sidney R. Hutter

"Vertical Vase #5" 1997

My favorite MFA exhibition was a exhibition of artists working in glass.

Brad Sells

"Whirl"  2003

Stunning!

Donald Derry

"Mother and Daughters"  2002

Nakamura Takuo

"Box that Is No Longer a Box" ("Hako wo yameta hako")  2014

You really have to see this from every angle.

Anon. artist

"Daoist Recluse"

Netsuke, again barely an inch tall!

Naito Toyomasa (1773-1865)

"Rabbit"

Netsuke

Anon. artist, 19th. century

Natural Bamboo Root Carved as Shoki the Demon Queller

Helmet with Dragonfly, 1800s Japan

Takahiro Kondo

"Green Mist" 2007

And finally, here is the new addition to the museum under construction.