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66cht MUD DYED CLOTH - MUD DOTS ON BROWN STRIPES #742, Chiyoko Tanaka
handwoven, mud dyed fabric (raw linen, ramie), 21" x 44" x 1.5"; 53 x 112.5 x 5.6cm, 2009
$5,400 |
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21cht
PRINTED
& GRINDED -
RED LINE/WHITE STRIPES, (#651)
Chiyoko Tanaka
printed and ground
cloth (raw linen)
with leaf and
white stone
21" x 21"
53.5cm. x 53.5cm
1987 and 1990
$2,450
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59cht GRINDED FABRIC-THREE SQUARES BLUE THREADS AND BLUE #689, Chiyoko Tanaka
handwoven, ground fabric (raw linen, ramie)-rubbed with white stone, pencil drawing
19.25" x 44.25" x 2.25", 2005 ,
$5,200 |
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56cht FOUR SQUARES YELLOW STRIPES #627, #5672, Chiyoko Tanaka, handwoven ground fabric (raw linen, ramie) rubbed with white stone, 13" x 50", 2004 $7,000
57cht FOUR SQUARES OCHER STRIPES #341, #6341, Chiyoko Tanaka, handwoven ground fabric (raw linen, ramie, cotton, silk) rubbed with brick and ocher, 13” x 50”, 2004, $7,000 |
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62cht RED LINE UNDER WITE STRIPES #668, Chiyoko Tanaka, printed raw linen,
rubbed with white stone and red thread, 12.25" x 23", 2007, $3,000 |
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63cht TWIG & MUD DOTS #667, Chiyoko Tanaka
mud dyed ramie & hemp, twig & thread, 12.25" x 23", 2007, $3,400 |
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61cht GRAY STRIPES SIENNA #265,
Chiyoko Tanaka, handwoven ramie, rubbed with brick, 15.5" x 23", 2007, $3,800 |
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 40cht 4215 SIENNA W B #215
41cht 4216 SIENNA W B #216
Chiyoko Tanaka, handwoven, ground fabric, (raw linen, ramie) with brick, 12.5" x 6' each, 1998
$8,000 each |
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (Structure and Surface: Contemporary Textiles); Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois (Focus on Fiber: Selections from the Growing 20th Century Collection); St. Louis Museum of Art, Missouri; the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan; Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (International Triennial of Tapestry); Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg, Germany; Canberra Museum and Gallery, Australia; Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands (Kohyama and Tanaka: Contemporary Ceramics and Textile Art from Japan); Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbigshire, England (Interface: An Exhibition of International Art Textiles); Bankfield Museum, Halifax, England (TexturalSPACE – traveling exhibition). Recipient: Bronze Medal, 6th International Triennial of Tapestry. |
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64cht TWIG & MUD DOTS #761
Chiyoko Tanaka, mud dyed handwoven ramie, twig & thread, 12.25" x 23", 2007, $3,400 |
Statement:
For me the act of weaving, as the weft threads accumulate one by one, is a representation of time passing away; texture acting as the locus of the present time. Finally, a piece of fabric is the result, the existence of which I regard as the expression of my sensitivity. To be specific, weaving for me should be the process of transforming the weft into accumulated space replacing the vanishing of time. Placing the fabric on the ground, I trace out the ground texture and surface of the fabric. The act of tracing is a transformation of time coherence into space and grinding is the transformation of space coherence into time. The final color of the surface is not so important, more the effect achieved by the application of a certain soil, charcoal or choice of tool which helped translate the texture of the ground more readily into my “canvas." The true past tense of the verb to grind, “ground," also implies the earth, which can be used to embed, implant, erode and emboss its own surface into my work.
Chiyoko Tanaka |
Modern Arts from Boston's Sister City
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - September 7, 2009
Chiyoko Tanaka
45cht GRINDED FABRIC-SIX SQUARES CHARCOAL 412, handwoven, ground fabric
(raw linen, ramie)-with charcoal, 12.5" x 74", 1999 $8,000
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5523
617-267-9300
TTY: 617-267-9703
Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Boston-Kyoto Sister City relationship at this vibrant exhibition. Contemporary ceramics and prints created by artists in Kyoto and the surrounding Kansai region, and contemporary textiles by Chiyoko Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shindo, Jun Tomita and Naomi Kobayashi, also of Kyoto, illustrate the rich melding of traditional Japanese textile traditions and innovative processes and methods.
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=7534
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or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
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