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...which a ghostly pale woman, black hair pooling beneath her head, lies in a misty field of lilies, poppies and moss. Painstakingly drawn on gold silk, Pureness could be a perfect example of nihonga, traditional Japanese ink painting-save for the coroner's cut that unseams Matsui's subject from chest to chaps, leaving heart, lungs and organs exposed to the viewer. This use of classical Japanese artisanship to depict horror-show material is quintessentially Matsui. "I'm not interested in drawing with free form, just from emotion," she says. "What's interesting is using an established technique, but drawing...
...Japanophile European expatriates-became alarmed at the way the country seemed to be shedding its cultural skin in the process of rapid Westernization. They called for the preservation of classical Japanese brush painting-a genre executed on traditional paper (washi) or silk, with nature as its most common subject. The movement succeeded in defending native painting from European acculturation, but the price paid was ossification. Nihonga artists were required to stick to landscapes and other staid topics. "It's all flowers and Mount Fuji," says Nishimura. "But that stuff doesn't sell anymore...
...phenomenon of Fuyuko Matsui. Though her technique could have been lifted straight from a nihonga textbook-as the holder of a Ph.D. in Japanese painting from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, it is a skill she has mastered completely-she breaks all the rules of subject matter in Gothic works like Pureness or 2005's Nyctalopia, which features another of her ghostly women, caught in the indecorous task of garroting a live chicken. But what truly sets Matsui apart is her frank acknowledgement of the dark personal motivations that drive her brush, often springing from the frustrations...
...recent deposition at the House Committee on government oversight, staffers asked Karl Rove's former executive assistant what she knew about the Valerie Plame leak case. After a little thought, the assistant, Susan Ralston, said she had a "vague recollection that [Rove] and Scooter Libby talked about this subject often." Comments like that only strengthen the impression that Libby's obstruction of justice - and Bush's commutation - have left important questions unanswered in the case...
...brings an unusual combination of government experience with academic training to the subject,” said Louise M. Richardson, Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study. Richardson co-taught Freshman Seminar 46m, “Understanding Terrorism,” with Stern last year...