Japanese Azaleas by Kazumasa Exhibition Oskar Schlemmer The insect is rendered in

The insect is rendered in precise detail — wing venation mapped with extraordinary delicacy

A celebration of early travel culture

The composition places a sweeping blue botanical form against a contrasting ground

each locked in private silence despite their proximity

Japanese Azaleas by Kazumasa Exhibition Oskar Schlemmer The insect is rendered inJapanese Azaleas comes from the hand coloured photographic work of Ogawa Kazumasa, a Meiji era Japanese photographer and publisher who pioneered the collotype printing process in Japan. Best known for his flower photography, including the portfolio Lilies of Japan, Kazumasa used delicate hand tinting to bring a painterly quality to photographic prints of blossoms and landscapes a rare bridge between documentary photography and decorative art. As an