Saturday, September 26, 2026 - 5:00pm
Harn Museum of Art
In the 20th century, Japanese printmakers moved away from the collaborative tradition of woodblock printmaking to embrace sōsaku hanga 創作版画, or “creative prints,” in which artists became the sole creators of their works. The popular subjects of ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints, such as beauties, actors, seasonal landscapes and scenes of bustling urban life, were gradually replaced by works highlighting personal expression, aesthetic experimentation and technical innovation. Abstraction emerged as one of the dominant visual languages of this new movement.
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