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AUSTRIA / Wien: SHUNGA
by Modem
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until Sunday January 29 2017

Mak - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art
T : +43 (0)1 711 36-0
Stubenring 5
A - 1010 Wien
Austria



Shunga (spring pictures) have long been prevalent in East Asia and bear witness to an attitude towards sex and eroticism that differs from that in Europe. All of the great Japanese ukiyo-e artists created erotic images, which— though banned by the government— were sold privately and unsigned, and accounted for over 30 percent of the market. Shunga are part of the highly developed popular culture of Japan.

This exhibition displays 150 erotic color woodcuts—on loan from the Leopold private collection and complemented with prints from the MAK Collection.

Guest Curator: Diethard Leopold
Curator: Johannes Wieninger, Curator, MAK Asia Collection

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