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19th Century Alro-American Artists. Through Feb. 15, Boston MFA...
...Painting at the MFA till...
...Fogg show and MFA show being similar, it would be stretching the comparison to say more than that they both deal with Oriental art. In fact, the Fogg show is limited to Japanese art whereas the Zen show includes Chinese (Ch'an) as well as Japanese (Zen) works...
...order to understand what Zen art is see the Museum of Fine Arts Zen show first. Then you can observe the Zen in context of other Oriental art at the Fogg show. The MFA has captured the spirit of the Oriental. Like the Japanese who hang a single painting in the tokonoma (a small alcove in the house), the MFA has hung a single aspect of Oriental art: Zen art. The Fogg has taken a Western perspective and shown the Oriental from prehistoric times through the 19th century...
...hundred juxtaposed masterpieces are as hard to look at as one hundred juxtaposed complementary colors: the viewer jumps from canvas to canvas. Where the Met and the MFA could have helped the viewer focus, they have not- they have made no point with their exhibition. Where one could have said, "the cake tasted great," one can only say, "the cake looked beautiful with 100 candles...