Mood Indigo: Textiles From Around the World

Name: Mood Indigo: Textiles From Around the World
Start: 2016-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
Location: Seattle Art Museum

Mood Indigo illuminates the historic scope of this vibrant pigment. The exhibition features a set of tapestries from Belgium, a silk court robe from China, a vast array of kimonos from Japan, batiks and ikats from Indonesia and Africa, and ancient fragments from Peru and Egypt.

Seattle Art Museum

Apr 9th – Oct 9th 2016

Seattle, Asian Art Museum 1400 East Prospect Street

, 'Bedding Cover (futonji),' 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Bedding Cover (futonji)*, 19th Century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Qifu (Dragon robe),' 1860-1870, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Chinese
*Qifu (Dragon robe)*, 1860-1870
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Bedding cover (futonji),' Early 20th Century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Bedding cover (futonji)*, Early 20th Century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Tye-dyed cloth (adire oniko) with full moon (osu bamba),' , Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Tye-dyed cloth (adire oniko) with full moon (osu bamba)*
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Child's Kimono,' Late 19th -early 20th Century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Child's Kimono*, Late 19th -early 20th Century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Kimono,' early 20th century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Kimono*, early 20th century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Kimono,' , Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Kimono*
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Basinjom Mask and Gown,' , Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Basinjom Mask and Gown*
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Bedding cover (futonji),' 1900-1912, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Bedding cover (futonji)*, 1900-1912
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Ainu Robe (ci-karkar-pe),' 19th century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Ainu Robe (ci-karkar-pe)*, 19th century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Child's Kimono,' 19th century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Child's Kimono*, 19th century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Summer informal kimono (yukata),' , Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Summer informal kimono (yukata)*
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Wrapping Cloth (furoshiki),' 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Wrapping Cloth (furoshiki)*, 19th Century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Fireman's coat,' 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Fireman's coat*, 19th Century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Cloth with Proverbial Text,' 20th century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Cloth with Proverbial Text*, 20th century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Adire Eleko ("resist pasted on"),' 20th Century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Adire Eleko ("resist pasted on")*, 20th Century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Fireman's hat (kaji zukin),' 19th century, Seattle Art Museum — Unknown Artist
*Fireman's hat (kaji zukin)*, 19th century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

, 'Tapestry: Asia,' Late 17th Century, Seattle Art Museum — Jacob van der Borcht Jan Cobus
*Tapestry: Asia*, Late 17th Century
Seattle Art Museum
Permanent collection

Press Release

Mood Indigo: Textiles From Around the World honors the unique ability of the color blue to create many moods in cloth.

Drawn primarily from the Seattle Art Museum’s global textile collection—Mood Indigo illuminates the historic scope of this vibrant pigment.

The exhibition features a set of tapestries from Belgium, a silk court robe from China, a vast array of kimonos from Japan, batiks and ikats from Indonesia and Africa, and ancient fragments from Peru and Egypt.

An immersive contemporary installation devoted to indigo by Rowland Ricketts will be accompanied by a soundtrack by sound artist Nobert Herber that unveils the musical nuances indigo can suggest. From the sultry darkness of midnight to the vitality of a bright sky, come let the myriad blues in their multiple forms surround you.

The exhibition is organized by the Seattle Art Museum.

Presenting Sponsor
Boeing

Additional Support
ArtsFund/Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff Fund for the Decorative and Design Arts
Contributors to the SAM Fund

Mood Indigo: Textiles From Around the World

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