Live performance and demonstration
Junko offers live performances and demonstrations of Japanese calligraphy and painting for schools, galleries, community organisations and corporate groups for cultural events. She can write your guest's names at your opening or launch events.
Junko also enjoys collaborating with other artists such as musicians, dancers, photographers, film makers, chefs, etc.
"In the Moment"
by Junko Azakawa
Japanese Ink Art Live Performance and Exhibition
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Thursday 27 February
6pm to 7:30 pm
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proudly supported by Menzies Malvern
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Japanese soot ink painting is a philosophy, a way of living and an art form. The brush strokes are made on very absorbent paper and don’t permit any retouching or correction. Any hesitation in your brush movement creates a blotch of ink on the paper. The ink mark shows exactly how the artist applied the brush on the paper and is a reflection of the moment.
Junko Azukawa grew up in Toyama, Japan, and started learning traditional Japanese calligraphy at the age of five and has experienced the vast possibilities that Sumi ink can express, one of her artworks “Bamboo Grove and the Dragonfly” is in the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection.
Please join us for this exclusive exhibition and performance by Junko, enjoy complimentary refreshments and sparkling.
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ADDRESS: 1306 High Street Malvern
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* free event but spaces limited, RSVP essential
* fully booked but we are taking a waiting list
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