MINÄ PERHONEN / MINAGAWA AKIRA TSUZUKU
As more designed products and fashion imagery surround us than ever before, it is important to reflect on the wider meanings of craftsmanship and design in society. This is how the exhibition ‘minä perhonen / minagawa akira TSUZUKU’ frames Akira Minagawa’s Japanese fashion and textile brand minä perhonen. Four hundred garments, culled from the brand’s archive and current collections, are on display in an innovative, immersive exhibition design. Minagawa positions them around the notion of “tsuzuku,” or “continuing”, which he also interprets as layering and creating. Garments are displayed alongside interior textiles, architectural spaces, and other objects by Minagawa, revealing his creative scope whilst separating his fashion design from the transitory fashion trend.
November 16, 2019 – February 16, 2020 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo www.mot-art-museum.jp