A blogger from the New York Times has just noticed that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is currently features work from a celebrated 18th century printmaker in the form of a Arbor skateboard and snowboard.
Linked to the show “The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art from 1615 to 1868″ from the Etsuko and Joe Price Collection (through September 14th), the skateboard features a Japanese warrior battling a dragon. The image is from a rare painting by Katsukawa Shunei (1762-1819), an artist best known for his block prints of Kabuki actors.
The items are the brainchild of the Prices’ daughter, Sachi, who has made it a mission to draw new and unlikely audiences to traditional Japanese art forms. For the fall, one of Shunei’s warriors will make an appearance on a snowboard.
Arbor always has had a way with art.
[Link: LACMA via The Moment]
