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
Update on storage of Stop and Chat:
Storage of Stop and Chat cart and garment forms
Labels
Panels
Exhibition Layout (also a print version is posted in the Guide Lounge)
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
Exhibition layout (also a print version is posted in the Guide Lounge)
FAQs for Van Gogh
Van Gogh and the Olive Groves FAQs
All Olive Grove paintings, in chronological order, left to right, top to bottom:
Peer resources
Dressed by Nature
Here are articles and videos shared by guides, connected to the exhibition:
Articles on Mia’s blog:
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:
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