Derived from Dai Fujiwara's color reseach for his Issey Miyake Spring Summer 2009 collection, the exhibition shows how Fujiwara travelled to the amazon to collect authentic colors in the natural environment. Dai brought back close to 3,000 color samples he discovered in leaves, trees, soils and rivers as well as the vibrant city streets and beaches.
Exhibition felt a little thin on content (it got me to the MOT afterall) but loved the Guru Guru Wheels where Dai's photos from Brazil were spun at high speed to reveal beautiful, distinctive color palettes (top photo taken before museum police got to me). throw away those pantone swatches and start spinning everybody!
100 years ago after the end of feudalism, the Japanese and Brazilian governments signed a treaty which allowed the first Japanese immigrants to land in Brazil. Today, Brazil has the largest population of Japanese outside of Japan. Works of several Brazilian artists were also on show and I came across Rivane Neuenschwander's work for the first time. In the exhibited piece, she builds famous Brazilian modernist buildings out of very delicate materials such as herbs and pasta. gorgeous...and in the same color palette as Dai's designs for Issey. will have to find out more.
pens are not allowed in museums anymore, was there a crazy pen lashing incident i was not told of? museum police gave me a pencil instead.
timeline for art movements (useful)
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