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yester-days
Entered on Monday, April 28, 2008
BLUE
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM,
April 4 - September 18, 2008
The human perception of color is a complex sensory phenomenon filtered through the eyes, brain, language and multiple layers of social experience. While shades of red (examined in the 2007 Textile Museum exhibition RED) quicken the pulse and increase blood pressure, blue induces a calming effect and is widely perceived as a “cool,” tranquil color.
BLUE Exhibition Brochure (pdf)
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
2320 S Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008-4088,
http://www.textilemuseum.org/
202-667-0441
Kain panjang (long cloth, hip wrapper) detail, Indonesia, Yogyakarta (in the style of Ceribon), Chinese-Indonesian, 20th century. Commercial cotton, resist patterning. The Textile Museum 1998.11.16. Gift of Beverly Deffef Labin Collection.