New exhibition in Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art in Haifa

Georges Weil was the first western artist to be invited to join the Japanese Netsuke Chokokukai (The Japanese Netsuke Carvers Association), and the first foreign artist to participate in a group exhibition by its members. In 1989 George Weil emigrated to Israel. For almost twenty years he did not make any netsuke, so that all the netsuke on display have been created over the last two years especially for this exhibition. Essentially, Weil’s netsuke fall into two categories. One is the traditional, very detailed Japanese type, but fashioned in his own unique style. His other motifs are semiabstractions, compositions with clean, elegant lines.