TRADITIONS OF JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY IN CONTEMPORARY ART: ON THE PROBLEM OF INTERPRETATION
The aspect of self-correlation with Tradition in art plays an important part while discussing national and cultural identity. However, a piece of art, created in a dialogue with tradition, raises challenging questions to the viewer about the means of interpretation and evaluation of such art-work. Taking as an example the tea pavilion designed by Japanese artist H. Sugimoto, the author muses on the ways and extent of tradition’s impact on proper perception of the artist’s concepts.