Since Masataka Hosoo took over the more than 300-year-old Nishijin textile business around a decade ago, he has continued to push the creative limits of the family-owned Kyoto company's 9,000-thread looms. An intimate and reflective exhibition currently on display at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Omotesandō, Tokyo offers a compact and stunning opportunity to experience his vision close up.
Inspired by the David Lynch artwork Spiral, Hosoo has 'translated the stratified and multi-tiered world of the spiral into a space, allowing for viewers to experience the depths of the human mind'. A stunning, 70m tapestry of Hosoo's finest silk fabric, designed and made over the last six months, is suspended from the ceiling, spiralling within the small exhibition space. Viewers are invited to follow the flow of the fabric from the outside in, exploring the many layers of the weave in a vivid and mesmerising display of colours.
The clever exhibition and lighting concept by local architect Yukiharu Takematsu highlights the design and allows the fabric to be viewed from both sides in several places. Lynch's Spiral is prominently displayed at the centre of the space, with the cardboard and black paint used for the piece repeated in the cardboard floor and wall coverings of the gallery.
Spiral, by David Lynch
For the show, the brand's Masataka Hosoo has 'translated the stratified and multi-tiered world of the spiral into a space, allowing for viewers to experience the depths of the human mind'
The tapesty – designed and made over a six-month period – is suspended from the ceiling within the small exhibition space
Viewers can follow the flow of the fabric from the outside in, exploring the many layers of the weave in a vivid and mesmerising display of colours
The exhibition and lighting design by local architect Yukiharu Takematsu highlights the weave and allows the fabric to be viewed from both sides in several places
INFORMATION
’David Lynch meets Hosoo’ is on view until 13 November. For more information, visit the Hosoo website
ADDRESS
Eye of Gyre
Gyre 3F
5-10-1 Jungu-mae
Shibua-ku
Tokyo
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