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)

Tree Huts in Paris, n°5, 2008

Tadashi Kawamata

Tree Huts in Paris, n°5, 2008

Sale Date: November 21, 2010

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Three huts in a gallery n°7 (plan), 2008

Tadashi Kawamata

Three huts in a gallery n°7 (plan), 2008

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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From kawamata collection (set of 3), 1995

Tadashi Kawamata

From kawamata collection (set of 3), 1995

Sale Date: July 24, 2009

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Ohne Titel, 1997

Tadashi Kawamata

Ohne Titel, 1997

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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Plan for Tilidarc, II, 85, 1985

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Plan for Tilidarc, II, 85, 1985

Sale Date: November 28, 2008

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Hien-so, Kyoto b-1, 1988

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Hien-so, Kyoto b-1, 1988

Sale Date: November 28, 2008

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Installation plan in the room (4), 1988

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Installation plan in the room (4), 1988

Sale Date: April 5, 2008

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Construction site projet Fukuroi A-1, 1988

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Construction site projet Fukuroi A-1, 1988

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Plan for Documenta 9 (No. 3), 1992

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Plan for Documenta 9 (No. 3), 1992

Sale Date: November 30, 2006

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Untitled

Tadashi Kawamata

Sale Date: April 24, 1997

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Battaby park, 1988–1988

Tadashi Kawamata

Battaby park, 1988–1988

Sale Date: November 15, 1990

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Faber a project plan, 1988–1988

Tadashi Kawamata

Faber a project plan, 1988–1988

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Plan for tiltidarc, 1985–1985

Tadashi Kawamata

Plan for tiltidarc, 1985–1985

Sale Date: November 15, 1990

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Yokohama flash place project plan, 1988–1988

Tadashi Kawamata

Yokohama flash place project plan, 1988–1988

Sale Date: November 15, 1990

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Rotterdam project plan, 1988–1988

Tadashi Kawamata

Rotterdam project plan, 1988–1988

Sale Date: November 15, 1990

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