Unusual Beauty, Cloth and Clay
We came to see an exhibit of Japanese textile designer Minagawa Makiko's stoles, two of which hang on the wall. This artist's work -- which the program says "redefine[s] Western ideas of what cloth can be made of and how it can be woven and patterned" -- shared a space with the works of 35 contemporary Japanese ceramicists. One exhibit was called "Contemporary Cloth," the other "Contemporary Clay." The two pots -- yes, pots -- in the glass case are examples of work which the museum says "challenge[s] the traditional supremacy of utilitarian forms while maintaining a respect for technical excellence." Both exhibits showed beautiful and provocative pieces.
See the MFA's website:
Ceramics:
www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=521
Stoles:
www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=1545
Unusual Beauty, Cloth and Clay
We came to see an exhibit of Japanese textile designer Minagawa Makiko's stoles, two of which hang on the wall. This artist's work -- which the program says "redefine[s] Western ideas of what cloth can be made of and how it can be woven and patterned" -- shared a space with the works of 35 contemporary Japanese ceramicists. One exhibit was called "Contemporary Cloth," the other "Contemporary Clay." The two pots -- yes, pots -- in the glass case are examples of work which the museum says "challenge[s] the traditional supremacy of utilitarian forms while maintaining a respect for technical excellence." Both exhibits showed beautiful and provocative pieces.
See the MFA's website:
Ceramics:
www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=521
Stoles:
www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=1545