Master Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda offers young'uns a chance to learn from him at the Audain, August 27
The force behind Flowers From the Wreckage offers a pen and ink drawing workshop for kids
Manabu Ikeda.
Audain Art Museum presents Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage in the Tom and Teresa Gautreau Galleries to October 9. The artist is in attendance on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays in studio in AAM’s Upper Galleries from 3 to 4:30 pm until September 11
MANABU IKEDA: Flowers from the Wreckage has been an astonishing experience for visitors to Audain Art Museum in Whistler this summer. The Japanese artist, who’s there for the venue’s first artist in residence position, is known worldwide for his exquisitely detailed pen and ink drawings that offer far more to see than first meets the eye, little worlds upon worlds of creatures, shapes, flora and fauna, bodies of water, tangles of bizarre objects (see the calamari-shaped airplane), and more. With his new work he’s creating at the museum—his largest ever—he’s focusing on a huge body of water unto itself. (See Stir’s feature here.)
Curated by Kiriko Watanabe, the exhibition features more than 60 works from national and international collections. It is the museum’s first venture into international contemporary-art scene.
Coming up: kids have the chance to learn some of his pro tips and tricks, with Children's Pen & Ink Workshop with Manabu Ikeda August 27 from 1 to 2:30 pm.
That same day, it’s the last opportunity for a book signing with Ikeda, happening from 11 am to 12 pm. The full-colour exhibition catalogue features essays by Watanabe and comments by Ikeda.
Ikeda is in Studio Gallery on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 3 to 4:30 pm until August 30. The studio itself will be open to view his work Thursday through Monday until September 11.
Manabu Ikeda, Rebirth, 2013-16, pen, acrylic, ink and trasnparent watercolour on paper mountaed on board. Collection of Saga Prefectural Art Museum.
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