Japanese and Korean Art

Resource page for Dressed by Nature: Japanese Textiles and Van Gogh Olive Groves

Welcome to our resource page for Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan (June 25, 2022 – September 11, 2022).

We will also post any relevant materials here for the Van Gogh and the Olive Groves exhibition (June 25, 2022 – September 18, 2022), for guides volunteering for the Stop and Chat station. As materials become available, we will post them.

Recording of Andreas Marks’ lecture:

Dressed by Nature exhibition lecture 06.16.22

Guide training resource document, with small pictures of artworks and labels:

Guide Training_Dressed by Nature_Textiles of Japan June 2022_v3

 

Stop and Chat training

Stop and Chat training 06.30.22

Stop and Chat slides

Stop and Chat DBN and VG (1)

Update on storage of Stop and Chat:

Storage of Stop and Chat cart and garment forms

 

Labels

DBN_Labels_3P_Combined

Panels

DBN_Panels_Mockup_Reference

Exhibition Layout (also a print version is posted in the Guide Lounge)

DBN for Educators

FAQ for Dressed by Nature:

Dressed by Nature Fact Sheet 5-25-22

Videos:

How to video: Bingata technique: 【Ryukyu Bingata】OKINAWA STRUCTURE Vol.1 – Resist-dye technique of Japan

How to process for banana fiber cloth (bashofu)

How to Video: Banana fiber cloth

Shibori (includes hari hitta shibori): The art of Japanese tie-dyeing (shibori)

Indigo dye process video: Short film (less than 2 minutes)

Indigo dye for ikat process: Long video of Japanese ikat process (29 minutes)

 

Van Gogh and the Olive Grove (see resources from Dallas Museum at end of page)

Lecture by Matthew Welch:

Van Gogh and the Olive Groves 06.23.22

Exhibition labels and panels:

EUR221407_VG_Scientific_Panels_V5

EUR221407_VG_INTRO_Texts_V4

EUR221409_VG_Wall_Labels_V2

Exhibition layout (also a print version is posted in the Guide Lounge)

VG for Educators

FAQs for Van Gogh

Van Gogh and the Olive Groves FAQs

All Olive Grove paintings, in chronological order, left to right, top to bottom:

olive groves grid

Peer resources

Dressed by Nature

Here are articles and videos shared by guides, connected to the exhibition:

Articles on Mia’s blog:

and

From Susan Arndt, the posted link to the May Friends’ lecture, by Anna Jackson: “Drawing on the works to be featured in the MIA exhibition Dressed by Nature, and on those in the V&A and other collections, this lecture will explore what these textiles they can tell us about the lives, beliefs and tastes of those who created and consumed them. In doing so, it will pull together the common threads that bound rural villages to fashionable city streets and connected farmers and fishermen to merchants and entertainers. It will also examine the value and meaning these works have today and the efforts being made to preserve the skills and artistry they embody.”

link to the May Friend’s talk by Anna Jackson, “The Social Fabric”

Susan Arndt also shares some great articles:

The Art of Turning Fish into Leather

From Prejudice to Pride (an article about the Indigenous Ainu culture)

The Secret Language of Salmon Skin Coats

From Kay Miller:

‘Kimono Style’: A Beautiful Painting You Can Wear

From Margie Crone, a site with some information on Ainu patterns: Ainu-Siriki are patterns inscribed on the tools and clothes of Ainu. Ay-us-siriki and morew-siriki, which are whirling designs, are the most popular patterns.

From Pat Gale, a long article on the Ainu, including information on the tattoos women received: AINU: THEIR HISTORY, ART, LIFE, RITUALS, CLOTHES AND BEARS

Peer resources

Van Gogh

From the Mia blog:

Touched by Van Gogh: What a newly discovered fingerprint tells us about a Mia masterwork

From the Dallas Museum of Art, a lecture: Exhibition Talk: Van Gogh and the Olive Groves

From Dallas Museum of Art, online article and images: Virtual Van Gogh and the Olive Groves

From the Van Gogh Museum:  Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut off His Ear?

From Lyn Mierswa, an information page at the Van Gogh Museum:  Vincent van Gogh FAQ’s

Van Gogh and Japan (examples of the influence of Japanese art on Van Gogh)

From Lucy Hicks, a great podcast episode focused on Van Gogh’s sister-in-law:

Episode #96: Cherchez La Femme, or The Woman Behind the Art–Johanna Van Gogh (Season 11, Episode 5)

and another article about Jo’s efforts to publicize Van Gogh’s work:

The Woman Who Made van Gogh

From Pat Gale: How Japanese Woodblock Prints Transformed Van Gogh’s Dreams of Utopia

From Deb Baumer, a chapter from the book Vincent van Gogh in Saint-Paul de-Mausole concerning the options for treatment for mental illness in Van Gogh’s time:

Insanity History and Therapies in Van Gogh’s Century

 

 

Abstract Prints by Hagiwara Hideo

From the curatorial department, here are training materials for the new exhibition “Abstract Prints by Hagiwara Hideo,” up from December 14, 2019 – December 6, 2020 in Gallery 226, 227, 237.

Docent Training_Abstract Prints by Hagiwara Hideo, Rotation 1, Dec. 2020

From the artsmia website:

“Originally a painter trained in oil, Hagiwara Hideo (1913–2007) became ill with tuberculosis and turned to printmaking in 1954. From the start his prints were of an abstract nature, and for 50 years he was a constant innovator in his choice of motifs, style, and technique. This first major U.S. retrospective exhibition of Hagiwara’s work showcases his enormous versatility. More than 30 prints span his early work of the 1950s to the Greek Mythology series in 1965, and from his celebrated series of novel views of Mount Fuji in the 1980s and 1990s to his enormously laborious prints of the Face, Memory, and Mandala series.

This exhibition will be presented in two rotations: Rotation 1: December 14, 2019 – June 21, 2020. Rotation 2: June 27, 2020 – December 6, 2020.”

Love Affairs: The Tale of Genji gallery rotations part 2

 Love Affairs: The Tale of Genji in Japanese Art is going to have Rotation 2. Here are training materials for the Rotation:

JKA Docent Training Winter 2018 Genji Rotation 2

UPDATE: Message from Curator Aaron Rio, on 11/28/18:

Dear docents and guides,

I hope you have been enjoying “Love Affairs: The Tale of Genji in Japanese Art” and have had a chance to review the packet of information for part 2 of this exhibition, which opens this Saturday. For reasons that could not be avoided, the following two works from part 1 will stay on view for the duration of the exhibition. Both have been very popular and well utilized on tours, so I am sure this will make some of you very happy.

Gallery 253, 2013.29.14.1-2, Scenes from The Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons
Gallery 237, 2013.29.374, Wedding robe with design of standing curtains, maple trees, and large drum

This means that the following two works slated to appear in part 2 will not be exhibited after all:

Gallery 253, 2013.29.301.1-2, Scenes from The Tale of Genji on Silver Ground
Gallery 237, 2013.29.1140, Wedding robe with design of carriages and bridges

As always, please let me know if you have any questions. I also hope to see many of you at the Genji-related talks here at Mia on the morning of December 8.

Warm wishes,
Aaron

Update on Japanese and Korean galleries rotations

From Curator Aaron Rio:

Below, please find a complete list of recent and upcoming changes to the Japanese and Korean galleries, including everything from minor rotations and to exhibitions. Moving forward, I will try to do a better job of alerting you to these changes, but also please never hesitate to ask if you are planning a tour and concerned that something may come off view.

Sincerely yours,
Aaron
 
December 23, 2017
 
238-9, Exhibition: Mizusashi: Japanese Water Jars from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. This exhibition also includes around a dozen teabowls from the collection of our friends Michael and Tamara Root. Closes May 13
 
mid-February, 2018
 
G252, Complete rotation with new theme, from “Year of the Rooster” to “Bamboo and Orchids”
G251, New pair of screens
G226-7, Complete rotation, from “19th-century kabuki prints” to “20th-century kabuki prints”
 
February 22-23, 2018
 
G264-5: Small rotation of paintings in exhibition, Boundless Peaks: Ink Paintings by Minol Araki
 
late March, 2018
 
G220, Rotation of Buddhist hanging scrolls
G206, Rotation of Korean paintings and textiles
G221-3, Complete rotation with new theme, from “The Kano House of Painters” to “Art of Zen Buddhism”. Rotation includes numerous works never before seen at Mia, plus some old favorites
 
mid-May, 2018
 
G238, complete rotation and new theme: Fukami Sueharu
G239, Exhibition: The Landscape Prints of Kawase Hasui
 
August 2018
 
G219, complete rotation with new theme: Samurai (includes return of suit of armor from 3rd floor)
G224-5, rotation of all tea-related paintings and lacquers
G226-7, G237-9, G251-3: Exhibition: The Tale of Genji in Japanese Art. Two rotations, 8/2018-12/2018 and 12/2018-3/2018