Editor’s Note
This article introduces the stunning installation “chorus” that opens a major exhibition at the Setagaya Art Museum. The piece showcases a vast array of textiles within a symbolic curved hall, offering a profound insight into the artist’s expansive body of work.
The symbolic curved exhibition hall of the Setagaya Art Museum. The installation “chorus,” which marks the beginning of the exhibition, can be considered a highlight.
In this hall, where the nature of Kinuta Park is visible through the window glass, approximately 180 types of textiles from over 1,000 created to date are lined up, featuring themes such as flowers, birds, geometry, and prisms. By surveying this vast collection of textiles, one can truly appreciate how minä perhonen’s designs have influenced and evolved into other designs.
The following, and the largest exhibition room in this show, is “score.” Here, one can trace the creation process and evolution of 21 patterns representative of minä perhonen, including “tambourine,” through original drawings, fabrics, and various products.