"Walking on Water - Azurite" @ARTprize Offers Rare Opportunity to View Nihonga art

THE RAPIDIAN
By Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard

"Walking on the Water" by Makoto Fujimura

MICHIGAN---Step out of the frenzy of ArtPrize and into the "slow art" of Makoto Fujimura. Makoto Fujimura's ArtPrize entry "Walking on Water-Azurite" at the Acton Institute (98 East Fulton Street) invites us back into that experience. Fujimura practices Nihonga, a Japanese style of painting. "Nihonga is an art form with a lineage that goes back to the 12th century. Nihonga uses pulverized minerals with hide glue, making your own paint, [and then] painting on hand made paper or silk. It is a collaborative art, working with artisans and nature to reflect the ecosystem of Japanese aesthetics," says Fujimura.[link]