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Modern Finnish Ryijy Textiles from the Tuomas Sopanen Collection
Higashine Art Museum
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Ryijy is a traditional Finnish textile with a long pile.
It was first used for bedding as early as the 15th century and has since been incorporated into daily life as wall coverings, bedspreads, and other interior decorations. In the early days, ryijy was mostly plain and undecorated, but gradually the patterns became more complex, with geometric patterns and prayer motifs.
The Society of Friends of Finnish Handicrafts, founded in 1879, aimed to preserve and promote traditional handcrafts and established a rich relationship between designers and talented weavers. Furthermore, the exhibition of the "Flame" designed by the painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela in the Finnish Pavilion at the 1900 Paris Exposition marked a turning point in the revival of ryijy, which was once thought to be in decline. The success of the Paris Exposition led contemporaries to work on new designs.
The ryijy were then designed by many painters and designers, and as time went by, the ryijy diversified in terms of form and materials, and even today, the ryijy continue to be passed down as one of the creative techniques, showing a broadening of expression. The Tuomas Sopanen Collection is one of the most important collections of ryijy and is comparable to that of the National Museum of Finland.
This exhibition is the second venue for the Tuomas Sopanen Collection, following the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, which exhibited the collection for the first time in Japan. The exhibition will feature approximately 40 carefully selected works, mainly produced after the 1950s, that are particularly rich in color expression.
[Event]
Gallery Talk
Date: Sunday, May 28, 14:00-15:00
Lecturer: Tomomi Miyagawa (Researcher, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
It was first used for bedding as early as the 15th century and has since been incorporated into daily life as wall coverings, bedspreads, and other interior decorations. In the early days, ryijy was mostly plain and undecorated, but gradually the patterns became more complex, with geometric patterns and prayer motifs.
The Society of Friends of Finnish Handicrafts, founded in 1879, aimed to preserve and promote traditional handcrafts and established a rich relationship between designers and talented weavers. Furthermore, the exhibition of the "Flame" designed by the painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela in the Finnish Pavilion at the 1900 Paris Exposition marked a turning point in the revival of ryijy, which was once thought to be in decline. The success of the Paris Exposition led contemporaries to work on new designs.
The ryijy were then designed by many painters and designers, and as time went by, the ryijy diversified in terms of form and materials, and even today, the ryijy continue to be passed down as one of the creative techniques, showing a broadening of expression. The Tuomas Sopanen Collection is one of the most important collections of ryijy and is comparable to that of the National Museum of Finland.
This exhibition is the second venue for the Tuomas Sopanen Collection, following the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, which exhibited the collection for the first time in Japan. The exhibition will feature approximately 40 carefully selected works, mainly produced after the 1950s, that are particularly rich in color expression.
[Event]
Gallery Talk
Date: Sunday, May 28, 14:00-15:00
Lecturer: Tomomi Miyagawa (Researcher, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
Schedule | Apr 29 (Sat) 2023-Jul 17 (Mon) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥300; High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.manabiaterrace.jp/event/art-gallery/ryujy/ | ||||
| Venue | Higashine Art Museum https://www.manabiaterrace.jp/art-gallery/ | ||||
| Location | 1-7-3 Chuominami, Higashine-shi, Yamagata 999-3730 | ||||
| Access | 9 minute walk from the East exit of Sakurambo Higashine Station on the JR Ou Main line. | ||||
| Phone | 0237-53-0223 | ||||
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