Floating World: Impermanence and Motion in Japanese Art Product Type / Cushions Deputy Director of Queensland Art

Deputy Director of Queensland Art Gallery

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Floating World: Impermanence and Motion in Japanese Art Product Type / Cushions Deputy Director of Queensland ArtWeathered, centuries old wooden sculptures, a broken tea bowl, repaired with gold lacquer, Hokusai's Great Wave. All these elements are found in 'A Floating World', accompanying a 2025 exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. Priceless items held by the museum are complemented by the works of contemporary artists, portraying Japan as a nation that has created a unique aesthetic language of the ephemeral. In a place where