id:			159379
accession number:	1996.204
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.204
updated:		2022-05-17 09:00:20.529000

Untitled, 1990. Hiroyuki Shindo (Japanese, 1941-). Indigo-dyed cotton; overall: 17.2 x 17.2 x 17.2 cm (6 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mildred Constantine 1996.204

title:				Untitled
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creation date:			1990
creation date earliest:		1990
creation date latest:		1990
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creditline:			Gift of Mildred Constantine
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culture:	Japan, 20th century
technique:	Indigo-dyed cotton
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Contemporary Fiber Art
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* Hiroyuki Shindo (Japanese, 1941-)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 17.2 x 17.2 x 17.2 cm (6 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Small Works in Fiber: The Collection of Mildred Constantine
	opening date:   1993-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Small Works in Fiber: The Collection of Mildred Constantine</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-March 28, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
The artist often exhibits these balls in groups, directly on the floor.

digital description: 
The method of indigo dyeing is a centuries-old Japanese tradition, and the artist Hiroyuki Shindo is internationally known for his artwork that utilizes this ancient tradition in contemporary forms. He uses a natural dye process that begins with the harvesting the plants. In the case of the thread balls, he uses a resist dying technique on different size balls that results in an array of organic designs and levels of saturation. By showing the thread balls in groups, it displays the individualism of each hand-made iteration.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Small Works in Fiber: The Mildred Constantine Collection</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
	page number: 	p. 65
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	Hicks, Sheila, Rhonda Brown, and Thomas Grotta. <em>Sheila Hicks Joined by Seven Artists from Japan: Masakazu Kobayashi, Naomi Kobayashi, Chiaki Maki, Toshio Sekiji, Hiroyuki Shindo, Chiyoko Tanaka, and Jun Tomita.</em> Wilton, CT: Brown/Grotta Gallery, 1995.
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	Balfour-Paul, Jenny. <em>Indigo</em>. London: British Museum Press, 1998.
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