"Dancing Til Dawn" Kite by Michael Thompson

2022
$5,680 USD
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Dimensions
W: 56.5" D: 2.0" H: 39.0"
Materials
Materials
Silk
Bamboo
Muslin
Purchase Quantity
Collection #
CMT224
Estimated Shipping
$588

Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels.

In this kite entitled "Dancing Til Dawn," Thompson aligns fine kimono silks to create a dreamy composition of crème whites and richly saturated indigos. A gentle gradient on the left side softens the starkly contrasting colors and imparts a misty, dream-like glow. At the center of the kite is an intricate silk brocade panel of cranes in flight, their wings depicted as fans of feathers and flower blossoms. Interlaced with metallic threads for a beautiful iridescence, the opulent textile contrasts the surrounding indigo-blue silks and catches the light beautifully.

Thompson has earned an international reputation for his kite works, an engrossing project initiated by the artist more than a decade ago.

Split bamboo, muslin, silk, pigments.

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Michael Thompson

b. 1951

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past & present. 

His body of work spans across a range of art forms, from experimental postal art to paper collage to sculptures assembled from scrap metal and ceramic shards.

Regardless of the medium, each of Thompson’s works is layered with fragments of past lives and bygone memories, measured in the form of antique fabric remnants, printed ephemera and other found elements collected during his travels.

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