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For those who love Asian art, as I do, the Cleveland Museum of Art is an oasis.  Cleveland has one of the best Asian collections in N. America, and now, since earlier this year, it’s housed in a new wing dedicated to the collection.<\/p>\n

Each time I visit the collection, I’m entranced.  During my last weekly visit, I was captured by One Hundred Birds<\/em>. I had admired the 17th century painting by an unknown Korean artist before, but this time I avoided counting the birds and focused on the tree.  By the way, don’t bother counting the birds; there are nowhere near 100.  ‘One hundred’ birds is a term of art that represents abundance.  One hundred bird-type paintings is a sub-genre; other paintings in this genre–all with the same title–can have a mere handful of birds.<\/p>\n

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One Hundred Birds by unknown Korean artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Embedded solidly in the ground, the undulating force–capturing the air and exploding with life–is a monument to willow trees; a monument to nature. With a direct and forthright manner that matches his subject, the artist has wonderfully captured the solid and<\/em> thrusting heart of the willow.  The birds, attracted to the tree as if by a magnet, play and sing among its branches; you can almost hear the old tree singing along.<\/p>\n

The artist’s treatment of his subject reminds me of Rodin’s monument to Balzac<\/a>–another titanic force of nature.  To create such powerful paintings with such simple means is high art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For those who love Asian art, as I do, the Cleveland Museum of Art is an oasis.  Cleveland has one of the best Asian collections in N. America, and now, since earlier this year, it’s housed in a new wing dedicated to the collection. 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