Kiyomi Iwata
Born: 1941, Kobe, Japan
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4ki Aperture Two
silk organza
59" x 14" x 13.5", 2005
$7,000 |
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1ki Water, Earth & Sky 2
silk organza, gold leafed
& fabricated
38 x 38 x 6
96.5 x 96.5 x 15 cm, 2002
$14,000
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Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Museum of Arts & Design, New York, New York; De Young Museum, San Francisco, California; Musée Cantonal Des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne Switzerland (International Biennial of Tapestry); Savaria, Museum, Szombathely, Hungary (International Biennial of Miniature Textiles); Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Cleveland Museum of Arts, Ohio (Small Works in Fiber – traveling exhibition).
Statement: After decades of living in the United States, I am still surprised that my work continues to be influenced by the cultural tradition of my up-bringing in Japan. In my work, I explore the boundaries of East and West through absence and presence, void and volume. |
6-8ki Aric Grid Hanging with Tank Ten, Eleven and Twelve, brass mesh, gold leaf, painted silk organza, french embroidery knots. Surface has a writing of short poems but are erase by gold powder and not legible.
11" x 11", 2002, $2,800 each
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Statement:
After decades of living in the United States, I am still surprised that my work continues to be influenced by the cultural tradition of my up-bringing in Japan. In my work, I explore the boundaries of East and West through absence and presence, void and volume.
Water, Earth and Sky is created with silk organza. The bottom represents water, the heavily embellished gold area, earth, and the upper section, sky. The translucent and transparent qualities of silk organza express the mysterious nature of Water, Earth and Sky, our universe.
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6ki Indigo Box
dyed and fabricated, silk organza, stiffened with wire stitching, 7" x 7"x 7" , 2007
$2,800 |
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