{"product_id":"hard-bodies-andreas-marks-9781517904173","title":"Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the Neolithic era, artisans in East Asia have coated bowls, cups, boxes, baskets, and other utilitarian objects with a natural polymer distilled from the sap of the Rhus verniciflua, known as the lacquer tree. Lacquerware was, and still is, prized for its sheen--a lustrous beauty that artists learned to accentuate over the centuries with inlaid gold, silver, mother-of-pearl, and other precious materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tradition has undergone challenges over the past thirty years. A small but enterprising circle of lacquer artists has pushed the medium in entirely new and dynamic directions by creating large-scale sculptures--works that are both conceptually innovative and superbly exploitive of lacquer's natural virtues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing thirty works by sixteen artists, this handsome publication details the first-ever exhibition of contemporary Japanese lacquer sculpture in the United States, shown at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andreas Marks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151790417X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517904173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minneapolis Institute of Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.00h x 9.90w x 1.30d","brand":"Andreas Marks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078373765375,"sku":"9781517904173","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c874d2a-3956-4e68-85ef-bef0ad3387ea.jpg?v=1685475135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-bodies-andreas-marks-9781517904173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}