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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1990 creation date earliest: 1990 creation date latest: 1990 current location: creditline: Gift of Mildred Constantine copyright: --- culture: Japan, 20th century technique: Indigo-dyed cotton department: Textiles collection: T - Contemporary Fiber Art type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Hiroyuki Shindo (Japanese, 1941-) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 17.2 x 17.2 x 17.2 cm (6 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Small Works in Fiber: The Collection of Mildred Constantine opening date: 1993-01-27T05:00:00 Small Works in Fiber: The Collection of Mildred Constantine. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-March 28, 1993). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * --- PROVENANCE --- 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. Small Works in Fiber: The Mildred Constantine Collection. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. page number: p. 65 url: Hicks, Sheila, Rhonda Brown, and Thomas Grotta. Sheila Hicks Joined by Seven Artists from Japan: Masakazu Kobayashi, Naomi Kobayashi, Chiaki Maki, Toshio Sekiji, Hiroyuki Shindo, Chiyoko Tanaka, and Jun Tomita. Wilton, CT: Brown/Grotta Gallery, 1995. page number: url: Balfour-Paul, Jenny. Indigo. London: British Museum Press, 1998. page number: url: --- IMAGES