In a dialogue across time and continents, the figurative works of contemporary Japanese sculptor Katsura Funakoshi (born 1951) and Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), one of the masters of German Expressionism, meet in this book. Both artists use wood as their medium, Barlach showing in oak and walnut and Funakoshi carving from soft camphor wood and implanting marble eyes.
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In a dialogue across time and continents, the figurative works of contemporary Japanese sculptor Katsura Funakoshi (born 1951) and Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), one of the masters of German Expressionism, meet in this book. Both artists use wood as their medium, Barlach showing in oak and walnut and Funakoshi carving from soft camphor wood and implanting marble eyes.
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