Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas

Vol 5 Issue 1
Kana Harada, Divine Spark (Detail), 2020. Foam sheet and mixed media. 53 x 7 x 9 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Makoto Takemura

Kana Harada, Divine Spark (Detail), 2020. Foam sheet and mixed media. 53 x 7 x 9 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Makoto Takemura

DIVINE SPARK
On view January 30 – September 5, 2021

Tokyo-born, Dallas-based artist Kana Harada has forged her own path with artworks that blend messages of hope and positivity with visual innovations that create an imaginative universe of awe, wonder, and intimacy. For her first solo exhibition at the museum, Harada expresses the light that can be found in the dark, and continues to push sculpture, foam, and acrylic and watercolor painting to new heights in her practice.

BORN OF FIRE: CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE WOMEN CERAMIC ARTISTS

On view January 30, 2021  

Features a selection of works by living emerging and internationally established Japanese women ceramic artists. This exhibition draws from the collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz, who have amassed an important encyclopedic collection of major Japanese modern and contemporary ceramics. Their collection of over 1,000 works is the largest, public or private, of contemporary Japanese ceramics outside of Japan.

VISHNU: ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
On view January 30, 2021   

Through a selection of works of art from the museum’s permanent collection, we invite you to contemplate the multiple facets of this deity. The artistic and visual representations of Vishnu change in style and appearance across time and place, and may look completely different depending on the context.

EVENTS  Watch Past Events Online

Divine Spark: Artist Conversation with Kana Harada 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Senior Curator Dr. Jacqueline Chao and artist Kana Harada discuss her new exhibition.

Lunar New Year In A Flash!

February 12-26, 2021

The Crow Museum celebrates The Year of the Ox online with fifteen days of short digital content designed to celebrate the Lunar New Year at home.

 

Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists Virtual Program

April 2021

Join us for a virtual program featuring our current exhibition, Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists. With guest panelists Joan Mirviss of Joan B. Mirviss Ltd, art dealer and Japanese pottery specialist, and Dr. Jacqueline Chao, Crow Museum Senior Curator.