メーヤ・マッカーサー
(Meher McArthur)
イギリス出身のメヘル・マッカーサーは、ロサンゼルスを拠点とするフリーランスのアジア美術史家、作家、教育者です。現在開催中の展覧会「Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami」は、2016年末まで米国を巡回しています。マッカーサーは長年、パシフィック・アジア博物館（パサデナ）の東アジア美術学芸員を務め、南カリフォルニアのいくつかの博物館と協力し、ロンドンのヴィクトリア＆アルバート博物館の顧問も務めました。著書には、『Reading Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols』 （Thames & Hudson、2002年）、『 The Arts of Asia: Materials, Techniques, Styles』 （Thames & Hudson、2005年）、『 Confucius: A Throneless King』 （Pegasus Books、2011年）、『 An ABC of What Art Can Be 』（The Getty Museum、2010年）（子供向け）などがあります。また、『The V&A Magazine』、『The Royal Academy Magazine』 、 『Fabrik』にも寄稿しています。
2012年12月更新
この執筆者によるストーリー
Collaging Cultural Identity in the Fabric Art of Sumi Foley
2014年4月4日 • メーヤ・マッカーサー
When Claremont-based fabric artist Sumi Foley was a child growing up in Osaka, Japan, she often spent the night at her grandmother’s house. Her Obā-san would bring out scraps of old kimono fabric and young Sumi enjoyed touching the silky cloth fragments and admiring their exquisite patterns. She soon learned from her grandmother how to sew and developed a love for this art form. Years later, when she was in her twenties, she stopped by her grandmother’s in time to …
Ted Tokio Tanaka: Meeting Architectural Challenges with a Global Vision
2013年8月9日 • メーヤ・マッカーサー
One of the first sights a visitor to Los Angeles will see are the giant glowing pillars arranged around the city’s international airport. Eleven glass columns approach the airport along Century Blvd, ascending in height from 25 to 100 feet to mimic an airplane lifting into the sky. Fifteen more 100-foot shimmering colored pillars encircle the airport—an “electronic Stonehenge” that hints at the glitz and glamour to be found within the city. With Project Gateway LAX, Japanese-born architect Ted Tokio …
Floral Fusion: The Ikebana Sculptures of Shizuko Greenblatt
2013年7月8日 • メーヤ・マッカーサー
In Japan, flower-arranging, known as ikebana or “living flowers,” is one of the most refined and spiritual of art forms. With its roots in the ritual offerings of flowers to the Buddha, ikebana is not merely an attractive natural decoration. A successful arrangement can capture the spiritual harmony of Heaven, Earth, and humanity. By selecting particular flowers to represent the current season and occasion and arranging them in a well balanced form, an ikebana practitioner can transform an interior space …
Serpentine 2013: L.A. Artists Celebrate the Year of the Snake
2013年2月12日 • メーヤ・マッカーサー
Snakes get a bad rap in the West. In Christianity, the snake symbolizes temptation and the fall from grace, and in Greek mythology, the most famous snakes are the ones growing from the evil gorgon Medusa’s head. Widely viewed in the West as slippery, sneaky and deadly creatures, they are denigrated rather than celebrated. In Asia, they enjoy much more respect. In India, because they shed their skin as they grow, snakes—or naga—represent rebirth and are worshipped by Hindus as …
Two Urban Subcultures Meet in the Art of Gajin Fujita
2013年1月17日 • メーヤ・マッカーサー
Five Japanese courtesans, their kimono sliding unashamedly off their shoulders in the heat, look on in alarm at their companion who has collapsed on the floor. Beside them are stone and paper lanterns and at the far left, the Downtown Los Angeles skyline looms amidst fiery red graffiti that almost entirely covers the lavish gold ground of the 12-panel screen. The fallen courtesan finds some support from a wall of Gothic letters forming the words “Red Light.” This iconic painting …
Of Rabbits and Ronin: The Charismatic Characters of Stan Sakai's Comic Books
2012年12月5日 • メーヤ・マッカーサー
Ears drooping in the heavy rain, Usagi Yojimbo glances around menacingly and draws his sword to defend against attackers. Always ready to defend his honor and help those weaker than him, this samurai hero is the star of a highly successful comic book series Usagi Yojimbo (“Rabbit Bodyguard”), created, written, and illustrated by Japanese American artist and writer, Stan Sakai. A product of the multi-cultural artistic nexus that is Los Angeles, the series is unlike any other comic book series …
