Kyoko Ibe
Taniuchimura 07-1, 2006
washi paper, cast paper with mica and ink
24 x 53.5 x 1.5 in
Kyoko Ibe is one of Japan’s most respected artists working in the tradition of washi- handmade paper. Born in Nagoya, in 1941, Ibe creates site-specific installations and theater sets, as...
Kyoko Ibe is one of Japan’s most respected artists working in the tradition of washi-handmade paper. Born in Nagoya, in 1941, Ibe creates site-specific installations and theater sets, as well as intimately scaled panels and folding screens fashioned out of dyed and pulped antique documents. Her panel, Taniuchimura, 2006, from “Once Upon a Time” recalls the Edo period when Japan experienced prolonged peace and growth through isolation. In this landscape, Ibe instills a poetic mix of representation and metaphor. Above a thicket of black, textured vertical lines emerges calligraphic passages (some in reverse) that transverse a golden and glistening mica infused sky.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Myron and Joyce LaBan