Arita

This year the porcelain industry in Arita is celebrating its 400th anniversary. The elaborately decorated Edo period Japanese porcelain that was brought to the Netherlands by the VOC served as the stimulus for the series by Debora Makkus (1972) that was commissioned by Japan Museum SieboldHuis for this exhibition.00Exclusive objects from the Siebold Collection, the Museum for Ethnology, the Rijksmuseum and the Princessehof Museum for Ceramics were selected by the artist and are the focal point in her realistic still life works. Whereas the light effects in the works resemble 17th century painting, the composition itself is contemporary. On occasion the artist has omitted or modified a detail if it intensifies the suspense or harmony in the painting. 00Exhibition: Japanmuseum SieboldHuis, Leiden, The Netherlands (10.09.-27.11.2016).