“Sudo Reiko: Making NUNO Textiles” poster, photo: Masayuki Hayashi, graphic design: we+
Sudo Reiko: Making NUNO Textiles
8 October 2023 – 10 December 2023
Closed: Mondays (except 9 October 2023), 10 October 2023
An exhibition featuring textile designer Sudo Reiko (born 1953, Ibaraki, Japan) and the activities of “NUNO,” the textile design studio she leads. Sudo and NUNO’s designs overflow with ideas that are not bound by conventional concepts. By using unexpected materials, for instance—or combining traditional craftsmanship with the latest industrial technology, or daring to be among the first to tackle sustainability—they continually present new perspectives on fabric as a familiar, everyday material and remain at the forefront of modern textile design.
This exhibition, originally organized and held at the museum Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) in Hong Kong in 2019, will make its long-awaited opening in Japan after touring Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition will highlight collaborative projects with craftspeople and factories in regions of Japan, as well as efforts to expand the possibilities of materials, and will demonstrate rarely exhibited processes of textile production through immersive sound and visual installations. By giving viewers contact with fabric creation processes and enabling new understandings of textiles as products essential to everyday living, we hope the exhibition will occasion opportunities to introduce new beauty in their lives.
| date |
Sun. 8 October 2023 – Sun. 10 December 2023 |
|---|---|
| hours |
10:00 – 18:00 (Admission until 30 minutes before closing time) |
| closed |
Mondays (except 9 October), Tue. 10 October |
| Organised by |
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, The MIMOCA Foundation, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan |
| Curated by |
Mizuki Takahashi (Executive Director and Chief Curator, CHAT) |
| Installation design by |
Masafumi Tashiro |
| Artistic Direction by |
Seiichi Saito (Principal of Panoramatiks) |
1. Reiko Sudo, Big Pastel Drawing, 2023, photo by Manami Takahashi
2. Reiko Sudo, Colour Plate, 1997, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
3. Reiko Sudo, Idea skeches of Colour Plate, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
4. Reiko Sudo, Kibiso Futsu Crisscross, 2008, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
5. Kibiso, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
6. Reiko Sudo, Paper Rolls, 2002, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
7. Reiko Sudo, Drawing of Paper Rolls, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
8. Reiko Sudo, Jellyfish, 1993, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
9. Reiko Sudo, Embroidery trial of Jellyfish, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
10. Installation view at MIMOCA, 2023, photo by Manami Takahashi
11. Reiko Sudo, Amate, 2000, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
12. Reiko Sudo, Polygami, 2010, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
13. Reiko Sudo, Threadstray, 2006, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
14. Installation view at MIMOCA, 2023, photo by Manami Takahashi
15. Installation view at MIMOCA, 2023, photo by Manami Takahashi
16. Installation view at MIMOCA, 2023, photo by Manami Takahashi
17. Installation view at MIMOCA, 2023, photo by Manami Takahashi
18. Installation view at MIMOCA, 2023, photo by Manami Takahashi
photo by Masayuki Hayashi
◎プロフィール
須藤玲子（すどうれいこ）
1953年茨城県石岡市生まれ。株式会社 布 代表。東京造形大学名誉教授。日本の伝統的な染織技術から現代の先端技術を駆使し、新しいテキスタイルづくりをおこなう。作品は、ニューヨーク近代美術館、メトロポリタン美術館、ボストン美術館、ロサンゼルスカウンティ美術館、ビクトリア＆アルバート博物館、東京国立近代美術館など、世界の名だたるミュージアムに収蔵されている。2022年第11回円空大賞受賞。主な書籍に『日本の布(1〜4)』(MUJI BOOKS 2018, 2019)、『NUNO: Visionary Japanese Textiles』(Thames & Hudson 2021)など。