BLUE

Blue iris has been chosen as Pantone, Inc.'s 2008 "Color of the Year" and various shades of blue have appeared on fashion runways in recent seasons, but textile artists have been using this bold color for several millennia - and continue to do so today. BLUE, on view at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. April 4 through September 18, 2008, explores the creation and meaning of the color blue on textiles produced across time and place, with particular emphasis on contemporary artists' use of natural indigo dyes. This exhibition follows the 2007 Textile Museum exhibition RED.

BLUE features 30 historical textiles from the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East -- as well as installations by contemporary artists working in Japan, Venezuela and elsewhere. Complementing the exhibition is a film by Mary Lance, a work-in-progress of the upcoming documentary "Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo".

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Textile Museum
2320 S Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008