Paper Work and Prints Exhibit Opens
Internationally acclaimed artist Sarah Brayer will exhibit a selection of her poured washi paperworks and aquatint prints at Round the Horn Gallery starting Friday, July 6th. The Rochester, New York native has lived in Kyoto since 1980, where she studied etching and traditional woodblock printing with several influential Japanese artists before opening her own etching studio in an old kimono weaving factory there in 1986.
Brayer first encountered poured washi—the technique she soon adopted as her own—during a 1986 visit to a New York City paper mill. This somewhat unpredictable yet painterly technique seemed a perfect blend of chance and design and led her to the ancient Japanese paper-making village of Imadate as the place to experiment with large-scale poured-paper images. Since then she has created some spectacular works, including an 18’ x 10’ 5-panel washi commission for Ozumo Restaurant in San Francisco. During July, her washi paperworks and prints will be on display at Round the Horn’s 18 Federal Street Gallery.
Her art is in collections of the British Museum, the Smithsonian Sackler Gallery, and the American Embassy in Tokyo, as well as in many private collections. The exhibition opens with a 5 pm reception on Friday, July 6.
