Museo
di Palazzo Mocenigo
Katagami
and Katazome
Symblology
and Decoration of Textiles in Japan
At
Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, until April 22, Katagami and Katazome - Symblology
and Decoration of Textiles in Japan, until April 22, is designed and curated by
Franco Passarello. The exhibition reveals
the cultural history and ethnological aspects of the Japanese craftsman
connected to fashion textiles.
Katagami
and Katazome
Symblology
and Decoration of Textiles in Japan
The
many examples of weaving, printing and dyeing provide abundant evidence of the long
tradition of the high standard of clothes worn in Japan. Before the 20th
Century Japan was a nation of weavers and artisans creating superb textiles with
natural fibers, silks and cottons on hand-looms and dyed in backyard pots.
curator
Franco Passarello
Kajiboari - Samurai coat - Edo era
Chiara
Squarcina and Tonci Foscari
Woodblock
Print Book – 6th year Bunka
Edo
era 1806
Katagami
Katagami
and Katazome
Symblology
and Decoration of Textiles in Japan
The
exhibition highlights the tasteful restraint, elegance of line and attention to texture that have come to
be associated with Japanese Art, found nowhere else in the world. Dress-cloth
printed with the katazome technique are shown together with the katagami stencils
used to dye textiles. The exhibit
material span between 1800-1910 -
Edo and Meiji eras. On loan from the
collections of Franco Passarello, Ishimi Osugi and Nancy Stetson Martin.
Kataginu
– formal jacket
silk
dyed Katazome - Meiji 1900 – katagrami printed design
Design
Sample Book - 12th year Meiji – 1880
Han-jubani
–printed Katazome – Edo era
Han-jubani - printed Katazome – Taisho-Showa era
Hanori
– printed Katazome – Maiji-Taisho era
Maria
Teresa Granata
Katagami
- Stencils
Katazome
– dyeing technique on fabric
Photograph
courtesy MUVE
Carlotta Vincenzi
Museo
di Palazzo Mocenigo
Venice
and the Orient
Collection
Fondazione di Venezia
Thanks
to the rich collection of fabrics and Oriental
clothes owned by the Fondazione di
Venezia belonging to the archives of Palazzo Mocenigo Museum of Textiles and Costumes, until August 26, the exhibition focuses on the theme Venice
and the Orient and is curated by Chiara
Squarcina. A selection of twenty representative examples of the precious
collection of over four hundred artifacts once belonging to the maternal family
of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (which
also includes western, oriental clothes and fabrics and vestments) are
displayed in the majestic rooms of the palazzo.
curator
Chiara Squarcina
Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo
Venice and the Orient
The
oriental vetements were assembled in Spain by the parents of the painter Mariano
Fortuny y Madrazo, in 1875 the collection
was put up for sale in Paris after the death of Mariano’s father. It
was later recomplied by his mother Cecilia and continued by the artist
himself. It is a nucleus of particular interest because it was a constant
source of inspiration for Fortuny, in his activities of printing on cloth and
fashion design and also, because it allows to visually reconstruct that ancient - and
never dormant - link between Venice and the Orient.
Carlotta Vincenzi
Mark
Edward Smith
Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo
Venice and the Orient
Franco
Passarello
Anna Turcato
Veronica Piccolo
