Hiromi Tango Japanese, b. 1976
Obi's Dream: Grandmother's Spirit, 2024
35 x 35 x 20 cm
In Obi’s Dream: Migration Roots, Tango honours her family's egacy of kimono-making through the act of wrapping with traditional obi—sashes worn with kimono and handed down through generations. The work forms an exuberant textile ‘bouquet’,...
In Obi’s Dream: Migration Roots, Tango honours her family's egacy of kimono-making through the act of wrapping with traditional obi—sashes worn with kimono and handed down through generations. The work forms an exuberant textile ‘bouquet’, holding precious memories and serving as a tactile reliquary of personal memory and collective history.