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Junichi Arai

Nuno Me Gara (Fabric Patterned Fabric)

Maker

Junichi Arai (Japanese, b. 1932)

Title

Nuno Me Gara (Fabric Patterned Fabric)

Year

ca. 1980

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

cotton

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Length: 297.2 cm (117 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the artist

Object Number

1988.040.1

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 20: Technologies

Manual: Technologies considers the history and future of art and technology by examining artworks that combine manual techniques and handiwork with non-human productive agents associated with industry or technology. 

Exhibition History

Term Limits
Textiles in Contemporary Art
Nov 08, 2005 – Feb 05, 2006
Asia in Black and White
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

Label copy

This Junichi Arai design explores the graphic possibilities of black and white as seen through a Xerox machine. A piece of African kente cloth was photocopied and enlarged, then the Xerox copy was scanned into the loom.

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Tombstone

Junichi Arai (Japanese, b. 1932)
Nuno Me Gara (Fabric Patterned Fabric), ca. 1980
Cotton, wool; doublecloth, jacquard, mechanical high-twist yarns
Length: 297.2 cm (117 inches)
Gift of the artist 1988.040.1

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