Asia Week New York announces The Color that Changed the World: The Impact of Blue in Asian Art webinar
Manish Pushkale, Metaphors of my terrain, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 1 cm x 201 cm. Courtesy: Akar Prakar.
NEW YORK, NY
.- As an adjunct to their online Summer 2021 exhibition, Shades of Blue, Asia Week New York will present a webinar entitled The Color that Changed the World: The Impact of Blue in Asian Art, on Thursday, July 29 at 5:00 p.m. EST Click here to register.
First produced by the Egyptians over 6,000 years ago, blue pigment has been a prized component in some of the greatest works of art in world culture and Asia ranks high among them. A distinguished panel of specialists and curators in Asian art will present perspectives on the development and impact of cobalt blue, indigo and dayflower in their specific fields of Chinese and Japanese art.