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Kay Sekimachi
"Nagare I"1967

On view:
Geffen Galleries, The Stuff of Alchemy: Plastic in Art
Vertical hanging sculpture of layered sheer black fabric cinched into bulging sections, wrapped with sinuous dark cords, and ending in loose fiber fringe
Elongated textile object suspended vertically, constructed from sheer black mesh or netting bound with dark cords in a crossing lace-like pattern, tapering to loose fiber fringe at the bottom.
Vertical sculpture of layered black mesh or tulle forming a segmented, elongated torso-like form suspended upright, with trailing fiber strands hanging from the base against a white background.
Artist or Maker
Kay Sekimachi
United States, California, San Francisco, active California, Berkeley, born 1926
Title
"Nagare I"
Date Made
1967
Medium
Dyed nylon monofilament, wood beads, plastic tubing
Dimensions
69 × 13 × 13 in. (175.26 × 33.02 × 33.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2017 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisition Committee (DA2)
Accession Number
M.2017.91
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Sorkin, Jenni. Art in California. London; New York: Thames & Hudson, 2021.
  • Cooke, Lynne, editor. Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2023.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014