Japanese Antique Art Gracefully Enters the Modern Day

Kyoto, Japan and Houston-based antique emporium introduces contemporary art to its collection.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) July 12, 2006 -- The Kyoto, Japan and Houston, Texas-based Japanese Fine Art by Heian Art, is excited to welcome contemporary art to its extensive collection of Japanese antiques and antiquities. They are introducing two skilled contemporary Japanese artists: woodcut artist Akira Kurosaki and Japanese Washi paper designer Eriko Horiki.

The company’s website, www.japaneseantiqueart.com features Kurosaki’s work in detail, while Horiki’s work is described most extensively on www.eriko-horiki.com/e.

Woodcut artist Akira Kurosaki is internationally recognized as the artist who has revitalized woodcut artistry for the twenty-first century. His works feature a rich, three-dimensional quality with grading color and design depth created by the use of many different blocks and colors. This process, in some pieces, takes as many as 15 blocks and over 20 colors. Each edition generally includes 50 to 100 prints, but due to the printing process, each piece is exquisitely unique.

Kurosaki’s work was heavily featured across the globe in the 1970s and 1980s, but his more recent work, from the 1990s to date, has yet to be exhibited abroad except in some Asian countries. Japanese Antique Art is proud to have the privilege of reintroducing Kurosaki to the United States.

Eriko Horiki of Kyoto, Japan, devotes her passions to developing and creating enchanting Japanese Washi paper. Washi paper, traditional in Japan, is carefully crafted using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mistumata shrub, or the paper mulberry, and also occasionally from bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat.

Many Japanese arts, including Origami, Shodo, and Ukiyoe, are produced using Washi. By carefully watching the constantly changing flow of water and the texture of the fiber, Horiki and her staff try to achieve a harmony between nature and human creation. Horiki’s intent is to inherit the tradition of Washi paper and further its development.

Japanese Antique Art has long featured antique pieces collected by dealer Mr. Masatoshi Fukumaru, a third generation Japanese antique/antiquities specialist. He lives in Kyoto, Japan, and visits the U.S. several times a year. Fukumaru participated as an appraiser of Japanese antiques on public television's Antiques Roadshow. Now, Japanese Antique Art has expanded beyond antiques into contemporary art in order to bring more of the traditional, yet fresh beauty of Japanese art to the U.S.

To see their stunning collection of art, visit www.japaneseantiqueart.com or call (713) 541-0203.

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