Kawase Hasui and the Power of Landscape

We are celebrating the opening weekend of the exhibitionWater and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and the Japanese Landscape Prints with several events. 

Why is Hasui so popular? In this this lecture, Dr. Ken Brown, Professor of Asian Art History at California State University, Long Beach, will answer that question as he explores how this artist’s works fulfill fundamental aspects of human interest in landscape. Brown will also look at how Hasui’s dynamic balance of light and darkness, clarity and uncertainty, prospect and refuge connect to our brain’s desire for “moderate complexity” in the physical world.