Description: The artistic interconnections between a tight-knit circle of artists and architects who expanded the parameters of modernism in the Philadelphia region and beyond.
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Distinctive architecture, working with a close connection to land and nature, centered by a deep respect for the architecture and craft traditions of Japan, as well as the early buildings and landscapes of Pennsylvania — this was the common ground for a tight-knit circle of artists and architects who expanded the parameters of modernism in the Philadelphia region and beyond. Shofuso and Modernism focuses on the artistic interconnections between renowned woodworker and architect George Nakashima, the husband
Presented in one of Yoshimura's pivotal works, Shofuso — the Japanese House and Garden in Philadelphia, completed in 1954 — this exhibition features original furniture and textile designs, documentary film , and an installation of newly commissioned photography, to explore this circle's connections with Japan and the translation of those experiences into design and built architectural work in the Philadelphia region during the middle years of the twentieth century. Together, their environmentally
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Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center – Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia
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Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center – Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia