Artist
Fukumoto Shihoko
Moonlight. 2004. Linen. Installation view from the 14th Seiryuten Somé Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Matsushiro Literary and Military School, 2004. Private collection. H. 195, W. 700 cm.
Morning Mist.
The ecliptic. 2008. Cotton. Installation view from Textile for Tea Ceremony, Gallery Tazawa, 2008. Private collection. H. 250, W. 260 cm.
Photo: Koroda Takeru.
Photo: Kawabe Toshiharu.
Fukumoto first became interested in traditional arts after the exploration of Papua New Guinea arts. After returning to Japan, she encountered the indigo and taught herself the art of indigo dyeing. Fukumoto’s works range from practical-use textiles such as kimono and obi sashes to artworks including spatial installations. While the manmaku curtain Fukumoto prepared for this exhibition is characterized by its simple, abstract gradation, her addition of a wave-like texture to the cloth’s surface gives the piece an expansive sense of temporal depth.
Profile
Fukumoto Shihoko
Born in Osaka in 1945. B.F.A., Kyoto City University of Arts, 1968. Her past exhibitions include Kyoto Textiles: From the 1960s to the Present (National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2019), Did You See It?―Challenges from the Kids (Craft Museum, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2019), 250 Years of Kyoto Art Masterpieces (Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, 2020), Japanese Crafts—Materials, Techniques and Regionalities (National Craft Museum, 2020), The World of Yukata and Japanese Indigo (Takamatsu Art Museum, 2021), Fashion in Blue (Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, 2021), and Collection Exhibition 2: Blue (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2022).