Tadashi
Kawamata
Born in 1953 in Hokkaidō, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo and Paris
Lives and works in Tokyo and Paris
Since his days as a student of painting, in the 1970s, Tadashi Kawamata has been on an artistic journey that is remarkable for its lack of complacency. Taking nothing for granted, he engages us in a process that involves close consideration of the kinds of environments we make for ourselves, thereby raising questions of all-too-human need and desire. Kawamata’s gestures and materials, given the contexts within which they occur, are always smartly chosen.
Mennour, Paris, 2023
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2016
Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2010
Mennour, Paris, 2023
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2016
Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2010
Mennour, Paris, 2023
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2016
Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2010
portfolio
2024
“Tower of Chairs”, Dover Street Market, Paris
“Nids et Cabanes”, Ile d’Arz, France
2023
“Meubler,” Mennour, Paris
“Nest in Liaigre,” Liaigre, Paris
2022
“Tree Huts in Montpellier,” Fondation GGL, Montpellier, France
“Tadashi Kawamata: Nests in Milan,” Milan, Italy
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