Art Appreciation

UPDATE: This photo is currently an entry in a photo contest hosted by the program that hosted my semester abroad. If you like it, help me out and vote by 'liking' it in this album on facebook: [link]

A connoisseur admiring the work at a shodo (calligraphy) exhibition at the Kobe Biennale Art Festival 2011 in Kobe, Japan.

The festival was a multimedia exhibition that spanned the entire city and took me several full days to visit in its entirety. I would highly recommend it to any art connoisseurs who happen to be in the area when it comes back in two years.

Quoted from the Biennale website:
We solicited submissions of works that presents the image of Kobe Biennale’s theme “kira.” The exhibition has separate sections for kanji, kana, seal engraving, avant-garde calligraphy and others. Free expression in various calligraphic works ranging from traditional to innovative styles creates the modern world of calligraphy. Calligraphic works based also on the theme “kira” will be exhibited by Hyogo Calligraphers Association .

The festival page can be found here: [link]