The new display in "A Dubliner’s Collection of Asian Art: The Albert Bender Exhibition" explores objects from the National Museum’s Asian collections and uses them to reimagine Japanese woodblock prints.
Decorative and everyday objects are displayed in front of large-scale reproduction prints to highlight the themes within them, such as fishing, tea-making and tobacco smoking. The objects on display were used and created at the same time as the prints.
Japanese Woodblock Prints
The Albert Bender collection includes over 80 woodblock prints made by Japanese artists in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of these artworks are in delicate condition and cannot be displayed on a long-term basis. To protect them, four original prints are displayed at a time, with different prints being rotated every six months.
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