About this artwork
Kyoto-based artist Ibe Kyoko pioneered the use of a textured paper made with gampi—a kind of Japanese shrub—in contemporary art. She researched ancient methods and extant works of art to arrive at her unique process of mixing mineral pigments in with gampi fibers. The calligraphy fragments set into the paper that constitutes this work are pieces of manuscript books from the late Edo to Meiji period (about 1850–1868) that she either purchased from antique dealers or were in her family.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Ibe Kyoko
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Title
- Galaxy (Fugetsudoten; 風月同天)
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- Made 2014
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Medium
- Pair of paintings stretched on frames; old documents, mineral pigments, mica, gold and silver on gampi paper
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Dimensions
- Each: 180 × 75 cm (70 7/8 × 29 9/16 in.); 180.1 × 75 cm (70 7/8 × 29 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Asian Art Council of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Reference Number
- 2015.171.1-2
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Copyright
- © 2014 Kyoko Ibe
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