Divine Gardens
Mayumi Oda and the San Francisco Zen Center
$49.80
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2017
Summary
Known to many as “the Matisse of Japan,” Mayumi Oda combines traditional Japanese and Buddhist iconography with her own unique sense of color, line, and movement. In this collection, her groundbreaking artwork is paired with essays by San Francisco Zen Center and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center practitioners (including Richard Baker, Linda Ruth Cutts, Wendy Johnson, Edward Espe Brown, and Norman Fischer) who have owned, loved, and been changed by Oda’s work over the years.Known to many as “the Ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781941529805 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1941529801 |
| Author: | Mayumi Oda |
| Publisher: | Parallax Press |
| Imprint: | Parallax Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 947g |
| Dimensions: | 313mm x 240mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Mayumi Oda
Known to many as the ‘Matisse of Japan’, Mayumi Oda has done extensive work with female goddess imagery. Born to a Buddhist family in Japan in 1941, Mayumi graduated from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Pratt Institute in New York. From 1969 to the present, Mayumi has exhibited over 50 one-woman shows throughout the world. Her artwork is also part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), The Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA), Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT), Library of Congress (Washington, DC) and many others. In addition to her work as an artist, Mayumi has spent many years of her life as a ‘global activist’ participating in anti-nuclear campaigns worldwide. In 2000, she started Ginger Hill, a farm and a retreat center on the Big Island of Hawaii. Mayumi currently lives with her family at Ginger Hill Farm and travels worldwide, teaching workshops in creativity and self-realization.
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