Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share s3e50 contemporary Japanese prints with dealer Allison Tolman
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
s3e50 contemporary Japanese prints with dealer Allison Tolman
In s3e50, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Allison Tolman, a private dealer handling prints by contemporary Japanese artists. The Tolman Collection has branches in Tokyo and New York and works with a range of artists. Allison is a second-generation dealer—her father heads up the Tokyo branch while Allison is holding down the fort in New York. She enjoys personal relationships with her artists and is a tireless promoter of prints from the other side of the world.
Ann and Allison talk about cultural differences relating to aesthetics, manner of working, and business dealings. They also talk about managing a business without a bricks-and-mortar space and their love of this admittedly tiny corner of the art world.
SHINODA Toko (Japanese, 1913–2021). Awakening, 2017. Original painting. 24 3/4 x 40 1/2 in. The Tolman Collection of New York.
YAMAMOTO Kanae (Japanese, 1882–1946). Fisherman, 1904. Woodcut. 12 3/8 x 10 11/16 in. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
HOKUSAI Katsushika (Japanese, 1760–1849). Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1830–32. Woodblock print. 10 x 15 in. (25.4 x 38.1 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
KAWAMURA Sayaka (Japanese, born 1990). I Dream of Floating, 2021. 27 5/8 x 27 5/8 in. The Tolman Collection of New York.
YOSHIDA Hadaka (Japanese, 1926–1995). Night (drops), 1954. Woodblock print. 16 x 10 7/8 in. (40.5 x 27.5 cm.). Scholten Japanese Art, New York.
KURODA Shigeki (Japanese, born 1953). Yellow Flow. Etching. 7 x 11 in. Gilbert Luber Gallery, Philadelphia.
KAWACHI Seiko (Japanese, born 1948). The Flying (Metropolitan Government-I), from the series One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century, 1989–99. Color woodblock print. 27 x 20 in. (68 x 50 cm.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
TAKAHASHI Hiromitsu (Japanese, born 1959). Blizzard of Blossoms, 2013. Stencil print. The Tolman Collection, Tokyo.
USEFUL LINKS
Artists | The Tolman Collection of New York
Japanese Woodblock Print Search - Ukiyo-e Search
What is an Original Print? | Print Council of America
Lucas Martineau. Takahashi Hiromitsu: The “DyEing” Art of Kappazuri, 2020.
Takahashi Hiromitsu “DyEing” Art of Kappazuri Lucas Martineau | Tolman Collection of Tokyo (tolmantokyo.com)
View all episodes
By Ann Shafer, curator and print evangelist
4.7
3434 ratings
In s3e50, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Allison Tolman, a private dealer handling prints by contemporary Japanese artists. The Tolman Collection has branches in Tokyo and New York and works with a range of artists. Allison is a second-generation dealer—her father heads up the Tokyo branch while Allison is holding down the fort in New York. She enjoys personal relationships with her artists and is a tireless promoter of prints from the other side of the world.
Ann and Allison talk about cultural differences relating to aesthetics, manner of working, and business dealings. They also talk about managing a business without a bricks-and-mortar space and their love of this admittedly tiny corner of the art world.
SHINODA Toko (Japanese, 1913–2021). Awakening, 2017. Original painting. 24 3/4 x 40 1/2 in. The Tolman Collection of New York.
YAMAMOTO Kanae (Japanese, 1882–1946). Fisherman, 1904. Woodcut. 12 3/8 x 10 11/16 in. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
HOKUSAI Katsushika (Japanese, 1760–1849). Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1830–32. Woodblock print. 10 x 15 in. (25.4 x 38.1 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
KAWAMURA Sayaka (Japanese, born 1990). I Dream of Floating, 2021. 27 5/8 x 27 5/8 in. The Tolman Collection of New York.
YOSHIDA Hadaka (Japanese, 1926–1995). Night (drops), 1954. Woodblock print. 16 x 10 7/8 in. (40.5 x 27.5 cm.). Scholten Japanese Art, New York.
KURODA Shigeki (Japanese, born 1953). Yellow Flow. Etching. 7 x 11 in. Gilbert Luber Gallery, Philadelphia.
KAWACHI Seiko (Japanese, born 1948). The Flying (Metropolitan Government-I), from the series One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century, 1989–99. Color woodblock print. 27 x 20 in. (68 x 50 cm.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
TAKAHASHI Hiromitsu (Japanese, born 1959). Blizzard of Blossoms, 2013. Stencil print. The Tolman Collection, Tokyo.
USEFUL LINKS
Artists | The Tolman Collection of New York
Japanese Woodblock Print Search - Ukiyo-e Search
What is an Original Print? | Print Council of America
Lucas Martineau. Takahashi Hiromitsu: The “DyEing” Art of Kappazuri, 2020.
Takahashi Hiromitsu “DyEing” Art of Kappazuri Lucas Martineau | Tolman Collection of Tokyo (tolmantokyo.com)
More shows like Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem
View all
Fresh Air
37,827 Listeners
The New Yorker: Fiction
3,336 Listeners
Freakonomics Radio
32,120 Listeners
The Modern Art Notes Podcast
476 Listeners
The New Yorker Radio Hour
6,716 Listeners
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
2,121 Listeners
Hello, Print Friend
89 Listeners
Throughline
16,033 Listeners
The Art Angle
345 Listeners
People I (Mostly) Admire
2,099 Listeners
The Unfinished Print : A Mokuhanga Podcast
15 Listeners
A brush with...
136 Listeners
The Interview
1,489 Listeners
Critics at Large | The New Yorker
612 Listeners
Taylor Lorenz’s Power User
279 Listeners