{"product_id":"kimono-as-art-9780500976852","title":"Kimono as Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first major book on Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota  published to accompany a touring exhibition. This lavishly illustrated book showcases fifty-five masterworks by Japanese kimono artist Itchiku Kubota (1917-2003). Initially determined to unlock the secrets of dyed and painted Japanese textiles of the fourteenth to early seventeenth centuries  Kubota ultimately invented a unique method of decoration. His work combines stitch-resist and ink drawing with a complex layering of color to achieve hauntingly beautiful landscapes with richly textured surfaces and an impressionistic rendering of nature never before seen in the textile arts.  Although Kubota produced kimono for Japanese celebrities  his primary endeavor was the creation of a series of monumental kimonos intended only for display. Mount Fuji  Universe  and the thirty-four-piece Symphony of Light are his most important series. The latter two are intended to be shown sequentially  much like the panels of a Japanese screen or decorated sliding doors. This entirely new approach to the use of the kimono as a vehicle for pictorial imagery has enabled Kubotas work to reach beyond the traditional boundaries of the single garment and elevated his work to installation art.  This book accompanies a touring exhibition and features essays by Dale Carolyn Gluckman  Asian textile specialist and former costumes and textile curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art  and Hollis Goodall  curator of Japanese art at LACMA  as well as an interview with Mr. Kubotas son and artistic heir  Itchiku Kubota II  by Derrick Cartwright  Director of the San Diego Museum of Art. 200 color illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665993424949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500976856","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500976852.jpg?v=1782415122","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/kimono-as-art-9780500976852","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}