Tadashi Kawamata

(Japanese, born 1953)

Tadashi Kawamata is a contemporary Japanese artist best known for sculptural installations. Mostly made from mass-produced materials like wooden pallets, balsa wood, corrugate tin, and cardboard, Tadashi’s work, playfully suggests the link between socio-economic status and architectural styles. In one of the artist’s hallmark works Project on Roosevelt Island (1992), he constructed a tangled web of wood scaffolding around a disused 19th-century smallpox hospital. In this work, the artist brings to light architecture’s controversial role as a fortification from illness. Born in 1953 in Hokkaido, Japan, Kawamata's art was influenced by his childhood interest in urban spaces. Notably, the artist often employs residents living near his site-specific installations. He exhibited at the 1982 Venice Biennale and documenta 9 in 1992. The artist lives and works between Paris, France and Tokyo, Japan.

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Tadashi Kawamata (183 results)

Favela plan. (3), 1994

Tadashi Kawamata

Favela plan. (3), 1994

Sale Date: October 3, 2015

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Work, 1987

Tadashi Kawamata

Sale Date: July 11, 2015

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Tree hut (study 6), 2008

Tadashi Kawamata

Tree hut (study 6), 2008

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Tree huts plan, 2010

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Tree huts plan, 2010

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Spui Project, Holland, 1986

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Spui Project, Holland, 1986

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Installation for Music in Museum 3 (sold..., 1987

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Installation for Music in Museum 3 (sold..., 1987

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Favela plan, 1994

Tadashi Kawamata

Favela plan, 1994

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Destroyed Church Project in Kassel..., 1987

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Destroyed Church Project in Kassel..., 1987

Sale Date: April 19, 2014

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Location No.10, 1993

Tadashi Kawamata

Location No.10, 1993

Sale Date: February 8, 2014

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Project Begijnhof St-Elisabeth Kortrijk , 1989–1990

Tadashi Kawamata

Project Begijnhof St-Elisabeth Kortrijk , 1989–1990

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Spui Project, Holland, 1986

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Spui Project, Holland, 1986

Sale Date: February 7, 2014

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Okotori Basket N 2, 04/2010, 2010

Tadashi Kawamata

Okotori Basket N 2, 04/2010, 2010

Sale Date: December 1, 2013

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Destroyed Church Project in Kassel,..., 1987

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Destroyed Church Project in Kassel,..., 1987

Sale Date: November 9, 2013

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Site plan 4, 1991

Tadashi Kawamata

Site plan 4, 1991

Sale Date: October 15, 2013

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Site plan 11, 1991

Tadashi Kawamata

Site plan 11, 1991

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Site plan, 1991

Tadashi Kawamata

Site plan, 1991

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P.S.1 Project. Plan (K-4) 7. 85. NY, 1985

Tadashi Kawamata

P.S.1 Project. Plan (K-4) 7. 85. NY, 1985

Sale Date: July 20, 2013

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Favela in Battery Park City, NY, 1988

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Favela in Battery Park City, NY, 1988

Sale Date: April 26, 2013

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Installation Plan, 1984

Tadashi Kawamata

Installation Plan, 1984

Sale Date: February 22, 2013

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Spui-Project, Den Haag; Project plan (A)..., 1986

Tadashi Kawamata

Spui-Project, Den Haag; Project plan (A)..., 1986

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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PS1 (New York), rooftop project, plan (A-2), 1987

Tadashi Kawamata

PS1 (New York), rooftop project, plan (A-2), 1987

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Siteplan 21, 1991

Tadashi Kawamata

Siteplan 21, 1991

Sale Date: May 23, 2011

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Toronto project 1989 (in 3 parts), 1995

Tadashi Kawamata

Toronto project 1989 (in 3 parts), 1995

Sale Date: May 26, 2011

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Brique, 2010

Tadashi Kawamata

Sale Date: March 28, 2011

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