The great Hokusai exhibition arrives at Palazzo Blu, open from 24 October 2024 to 23 February 2025.
With more than 200 works, including masterpieces never exhibited before, the HOKUSAI exhibition at Palazzo Blu in Pisa is a unique opportunity to get to know the greatest exponent of Ukiyoe, the artistic strand linked to the lifestyle and tastes of the new emerging classes of the then city of Edo, now Tokyo.
Katsushika Hokusai, an eccentric and multifaceted artist, was able to portray nature, everyday life and the many facets of the society of his time with originality, combining traditional Japanese painting with the techniques of western art, becoming an incredible interpreter of the reality around him.
It will be possible to discover a new Hokusai, the master of iconic views and beautiful landscapes, such as the famous print ‘The Great Wave by the Kanagawa Coast’ that consecrated him to the general public, but also a refined and poetic artist: from the surimono advertising cards and invitations produced in limited editions and enriched with silver and gold pigments, to the paintings on scrolls distinguished by depictions of seductive beauties or sacred and legendary animals in their prime, from the volumes dedicated to Manga and used as drawing manuals for painters to the silographies dedicated to literary and poetic characters, the last ones before dedicating himself totally to painting.
A unique artist, capable of influencing not only the greats of the past such as Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and Emile Gallé, but also contemporary artists. In fact, the exhibition is enriched by the presence of ‘Memory of Waves’, an immersive work by the famous TeamLab collective, which reinterprets the visual and symbolic power of waves in a technological and engaging language, bringing Hokusai's legacy to the present day.
The museum will be open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (last admission one hour before closing time).
TICKETS. Tickets can be purchased on site or at www.vivaticket.it.
For more information: https://palazzoblu.it/mostra/hokusai-pisa/
