Mood Indigo: Textiles From Around the World

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 StreetMap
, 'Bedding Cover (futonji),' 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum

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Bedding Cover (futonji), 19th Century

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, 'Qifu (dragon robe),' 1860-1870, Seattle Art Museum

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Qifu (dragon robe), 1860-1870

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, 'Bedding cover (futonji),' Early 20th Century, Seattle Art Museum

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Bedding cover (futonji), Early 20th Century

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, 'Tye-dyed cloth (adire oniko) with full moon (osu bamba),' , Seattle Art Museum

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Tye-dyed cloth (adire oniko) with full moon (osu bamba)

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, 'Child's Kimono,' Late 19th -early 20th Century, Seattle Art Museum

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Child's Kimono, Late 19th -early 20th Century

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, 'Kimono,' early 20th century, Seattle Art Museum

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Kimono, early 20th century

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, 'Kimono,' , Seattle Art Museum

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Kimono

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, 'Basinjom Mask and Gown,' , Seattle Art Museum

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Basinjom Mask and Gown

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, 'Kimono,' Early 20th Century, Seattle Art Museum

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Kimono, Early 20th Century

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, 'Bedding cover (futonji),' 1900-1912, Seattle Art Museum

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Bedding cover (futonji), 1900-1912

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, 'Ainu Robe (ci-karkar-pe),' 19th century, Seattle Art Museum

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Ainu Robe (ci-karkar-pe), 19th century

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, 'Child's Kimono,' 19th century, Seattle Art Museum

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Child's Kimono, 19th century

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, 'Summer informal kimono (yukata),' , Seattle Art Museum

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Summer informal kimono (yukata)

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, 'Wrapping Cloth (furoshiki),' 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum

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Wrapping Cloth (furoshiki), 19th Century

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, 'Fireman's coat,' 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum

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Fireman's coat, 19th Century

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, 'Cloth with Proverbial Text,' 20th century, Seattle Art Museum

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Cloth with Proverbial Text, 20th century

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, 'Adire Eleko ("resist pasted on"),' 20th Century, Seattle Art Museum

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Adire Eleko ("resist pasted on"), 20th Century

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, 'Fireman's hat (kaji zukin),' 19th century, Seattle Art Museum

Unknown Artist

Fireman's hat (kaji zukin), 19th century

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, 'Tapestry: Asia,' Late 17th Century, Seattle Art Museum

Jacob van der BorchtJan Cobus

Tapestry: Asia, Late 17th Century

Seattle Art Museum

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

Follow Artists In This Show

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Jacob van der Borcht
Jan Cobus