browngrotta arts
Japandi: shared aesthetics and influences
From October 4, 2021 to October 31, 2021
Statement: "Early on, I proceeded to make highly constructed, sculptural works, but now I strive for spaces that have an airy feeling, that incorporate air and wind within them, and that are so ephemeral they feel as if they might disappear at any moment.
I am drawn to the relationship of uchi (inside) and soto (outside), to light and darkness, and to the progression of time, all of which are felt so strongly here in Japan. I value the cycles and rhythms of nature and the universe. I have accepted tradition and modernity within myself in a very visceral way, and even now, I move my hands hoping to express these themes in my work just as if I were composing a poem."
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles); the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (Modern Design Collection, permanent collection); Central Museum of Textiles, ?ódz´, Poland; Lausanne, Switzerland (International Biennials of Tapestry); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (permanent collection); Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary (International Biennials of Miniature Textiles); Museum of Contemporary Art, Morelia, Mexico; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio (permanent collection); Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York (permanent collection); St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (permanent collection); the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Japan; Bankfield Museum, Halifax, England (Textural SPACE – traveling exhibition); Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society, New York, New York (Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers, traveling exhibition, catalog); Passage de Retz, Paris France (Textile Magicians in Japan); Meguro Prefecture Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Textile of Japan); Charmey Museum Switzerland (3rd International Triennial of Paper); Singapore Art Museum; Rijswijk Museum, the Netherlands.).
Japandi: shared aesthetics and influences
From October 4, 2021 to October 31, 2021
Who is the artist?
Statement: "Early on, I proceeded to make highly constructed, sculptural works, but now I strive for spaces that have an airy feeling, that incorporate air and wind within them, and that are so ephemeral they feel as if they might disappear at any moment.
I am drawn to the relationship of uchi (inside) and soto (outside), to light and darkness, and to the progression of time, all of which are felt so strongly here in Japan. I value the cycles and rhythms of nature and the universe. I have accepted tradition and modernity within myself in a very visceral way, and even now, I move my hands hoping to express these themes in my work just as if I were composing a poem."
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles); the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (Modern Design Collection, permanent collection); Central Museum of Textiles, ?ódz´, Poland; Lausanne, Switzerland (International Biennials of Tapestry); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (permanent collection); Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary (International Biennials of Miniature Textiles); Museum of Contemporary Art, Morelia, Mexico; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio (permanent collection); Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York (permanent collection); St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (permanent collection); the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Japan; Bankfield Museum, Halifax, England (Textural SPACE – traveling exhibition); Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society, New York, New York (Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers, traveling exhibition, catalog); Passage de Retz, Paris France (Textile Magicians in Japan); Meguro Prefecture Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Textile of Japan); Charmey Museum Switzerland (3rd International Triennial of Paper); Singapore Art Museum; Rijswijk Museum, the Netherlands.).
When was Naomi Kobayashi born?