Ippodo, a familiar name to discriminating gallery-goers in Tokyo, has opened a gallery in New York's Chelsea district. Since 1996, Ippodo has presented the work of living exemplars of traditional Japanese arts, including newly emerging artists and established masters alike. It has displayed new possibilities in painting and sculpture and in diverse genres of craftwork. The power of the works that have appeared in Ippodo's galleries and the inquiring aesthetics of Ippodo patrons have engendered encounters innumerable and invaluable.
Underlying Japan's identity and rising profile in the global community is a distinctive combination of culture and values, of aesthetics and technique. Arising from that fertile combination is artistry that Japan can and should share broadly in the spirit of enriching humankind's cultural heritage. In that spirit, Ippodo is building a platform in Chelsea, the summit of world's contemporary art market, to catalyze new encounters. |