id:			170430
accession number:	2012.50
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.50
updated:		2022-04-27 09:00:49.235000

Untitled Noren Partition (23), 2009. Rowland Ricketts (American, b. 1971). Indigo dyed antique mosquito netting in plain weave, paste resist; overall: 170.2 x 184.2 cm (67 x 72 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Art Alliance 2012.50

title:				Untitled Noren Partition (23)
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creation date:			2009
creation date earliest:		2009
creation date latest:		2009
current location:		229C Contemporary
creditline:			Gift of The Textile Art Alliance
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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	indigo dyed antique mosquito netting in plain weave, paste resist
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Contemporary Fiber Art
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* Rowland Ricketts (American, b. 1971)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 170.2 x 184.2 cm (67 x 72 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2022
	opening date:   2022-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2022</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-September 25, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
Ricketts grows, harvests, and processes all of his indigo dyes naturally.

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Ricketts designs textiles using the same techniques Japanese indigo workers perfected over centuries. The doorway curtain, or <em>noren</em>, first appeared in Japan during the Heian Period (794–1185). These colorful curtains often adorn the outside of shops and buildings throughout Japan and signify to the customer what types of goods or services are inside. Ricketts subverts the use of noren as an object that separates spaces by using his weaving and dyeing process to connect himself and his viewers to thousands of years of traditional crafting.

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