Kyoto's Hosoo textiles channels David Lynch in Tokyo

A new Tokyo show sees the heritage textile brand Hosoo create a mesmerising 70m tapestry inspired by David Lynch's Spiral artwork

(Image credit: David Lynch)

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 — *Spiral*, by David Lynch

David Lynch looms large in Kyoto heritage weaver Hosoo&rsquo;s new tapestry — 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 &ndash; designed and made over a six-month period — The tapesty – designed and made over a six-month period – is suspended from the ceiling within the small exhibition space

Layers of the weave in a vivid and mesmerising display of colours — 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

VIEW GOOGLE MAPS

TOPICS

Originally from Denmark, Jens H. Jensen has been calling Japan his home for almost two decades. Since 2014 he has worked with Wallpaper* as the Japan Editor. His main interests are architecture, crafts and design. Besides writing and editing, he consults numerous business in Japan and beyond and designs and build retail, residential and moving (read: vans) interiors.