tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673783619090301452.post34179204070211731..comments2023-08-25T16:22:16.353+01:00Comments on Piece'n'Peace: "Boro: Threads of Life" Exhibition at Somerset HouseLis Harwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700965811840448266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673783619090301452.post-69837830114743435982014-05-15T09:53:21.290+01:002014-05-15T09:53:21.290+01:00I totally agree with you especially about the lack...I totally agree with you especially about the lack of information about individual pieces. I dearly wish there had been a date and location to them. I had to imagine the places they came from. I was stuck between disappointment with the curation and awe at something that i was lucky to see at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673783619090301452.post-61332402625341271402014-04-21T09:43:48.934+01:002014-04-21T09:43:48.934+01:00It was interesting to see boromono displayed in a ...It was interesting to see boromono displayed in a different way, but I found the information panels (or lack of them) rather annoying. No explanation about which areas different pieces came from etc. nor what most of them were - futon covers, furoshiki and the like, not flattened out noragi. I also didn't like the fact that mounting them meant the right sides of many were hidden and there was no sense of boro as either a two sided item or that we were looking at the backs. I don't know if the pieces were mounted while they were part of the Morita Collection or after they were brought to France. The gallery assistant tried to explain the high prices by saying that they were expensive to mount, but I know the kind of cost of custom canvas stretchers and several yards of wide linen, and it isn't £20,000. Another visitor said the use of the gallery had cost £8,000 - I would guess that was per week, for central London. I had to be a bit tactful in my blogpost, because I suspect the exhibition staff might read it - I gave them my website address! Looking forward to the Amuse Museum but at least in the meantime I can play with my own little boro collection.Susan Briscoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478005503421741631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673783619090301452.post-53504854026314880832014-04-20T09:44:21.721+01:002014-04-20T09:44:21.721+01:00Turning the Boro into art pieces don't work in...Turning the Boro into art pieces don't work in that gallery setting. The look as though the character of the cloth has been squeezed out of it. No wonder you were disappointed. But at least able to have some fun with the water fountains outside in nice sunny weather!Sue Wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607649796768549077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673783619090301452.post-63096397532236836852014-04-19T16:05:15.704+01:002014-04-19T16:05:15.704+01:00What a shame there wasn't much info - good job...What a shame there wasn't much info - good job we've got you to educate us if the exhibition doesn't. !Benta AtSLIKstitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941463498655836647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673783619090301452.post-78901095667852465822014-04-19T11:13:22.070+01:002014-04-19T11:13:22.070+01:00A shame that the exhibit was a disappointment. Thi...A shame that the exhibit was a disappointment. Think of the fun we had at Amy Katoh's display. People need to have an understanding of what they are looking at.Julie Fukudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704374750710761269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673783619090301452.post-49919593468062732992014-04-19T03:08:05.802+01:002014-04-19T03:08:05.802+01:00Anyone with an eye for 'art' will love the...Anyone with an eye for 'art' will love the patterns created by the patches in boro. However, to me boro is so much more than the shape and combination of pieces. As you say the lumps and bumps, but also the shape of the garments and the evidence that these items were made and used by people for the purpose of survival are lost in this 'arty' exhibition. I am so glad I have been to Amuse in Tokyo!Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.com