織物以前 タパとフェルト
Early Cloth Tapa and Felt

タパとフェルトは、身近にある植物や羊毛を使い人々の手を介して生み出されてきた原初の布です。それらは織物へと技術が進化する以前から伝わると考えられています。
本展では、南太平洋の島々や、東西アジア地域で古くから暮らしの中に使われてきたタパとフェルトに焦点を当て、周辺の実資料を合わせた約60点から、素朴で力強い不織布の魅力を紹介します。

EARLY CLOTH TAPA and FELT

Osaka: 8 September – 21 November 2017
Tokyo: 7 December 2017 – 24 February 2018

Tapa and felt are early cloths made by hand employing commonly available plants or wool. Tapa and felt, it is believed, were used long before the technology for weaving was developed. This exhibition looks at the tapa and felt used in daily life since ancient times in the South Pacific islands and regions of Southeast Asia, and shows the attractiveness of tapa and felt as simple, strong non-woven cloths.
Displayed in the gallery are some 60 precious materials collected by Shigeki Fukumoto, who has commuted to the South Pacific islands for over 30 years to research tapa, and Goro Nagano, who researched pressed felt technologies in Southeast Asia primarily in the 1990s. Visitors will be struck by the toughness of these early cloths and by their designs and textures, which combine boldness and delicacy to attain a beauty symbolic of ethnic culture. Through these non-woven cloths infused with long inherited ethnic traditions and skills, the exhibition offers a chance to have contact with the ancient beginnings of human technology and the arts of dyeing and weaving.
We wish to extend our warmest appreciation to Messrs. Shigeki Fukumoto and Goro Nagano and everyone whose efforts have made this exhibition possible.

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