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Toronto Project 1989/Colonial Tavern Park

KAWAMATA Tadashi

1991

Tadashi Kawamata, who has been doing installations with wood at locations inside cities, streets that an installation is, as the definition of the word itself indicates, only temporary, an event taking place only at that location and at that time. With such materials as the maquettes, photo panels, drawings, shots from the working process, and video recording available, we feel that we can more or less trace the project from its inception to realization. But the artist says the maquettes are independent works that operate under different principle. Certainly the maquettes, being reliefs to be seen from above, look very distorted when viewed from a wrong angle. His explanation that they are not models for the actual installation, but are made specifically as pieces to be exhibited, thus seems reasonable. In “Toronto Project”, Kawamata creates installations at ruins of historical buildings within the city. At a ruinous site, the artist says, time and space come together. By making a temporary installation at such a site, and introducing a different time frame into it, he alters its quality and makes a new space to emerge.

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KAWAMATA Tadashi
1953-

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Genre	Sculptures,installations
Material/technique	Maquette, color print, 6 drawings, video, 4 black-and-white photographs
Dimensions	マケット230×360×4cm、カラー写真100×120cm、素描およびモノクロ写真各67×87cm
Acquisition date	1991
Accession number	1991-00-0050-000

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Toronto Project 1989/Colonial Tavern Park

KAWAMATA Tadashi

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KAWAMATA Tadashi
1953-

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Toronto Project 1989/Colonial Tavern Park

KAWAMATA Tadashi

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KAWAMATA Tadashi 1953-

Infomation

Related works

Works by KAWAMATA Tadashi

Planning for '82 Venice Biennale No.3

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Venice 82.6, Photographs: 1－6

Planning for '82 Venice Biennale No.2

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Works of the same production year

Gathering and Dispersing-The Action of Its Power

[Anthony CARO's documentary photographs]

＃2 from "1906 to the skin"

＃1 from "1906 to the skin"

FINGER BOX

Seed Project Lacebark Elm・Ulmus parvifolia Jacq., 3rd December 2014, Kiba Park, Koto-ku, Tokyo

Fetus Movement Ⅱ: Project for Extraterrestrials No.9

Seed Project Amaryllis・Amaryllis Hippeastrum hybridum hort., 15th July 1993, Takamatsu, Nerima-ku, Tokyo

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Seed Project Heartleaf Lily・Cardiocrinum cordatum Makino, 1st January 2015, Ichinomiya, Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture

KAWAMATA Tadashi
1953-

Seed Project　Lacebark Elm・Ulmus parvifolia Jacq., 3rd December 2014, Kiba Park, Koto-ku, Tokyo

Seed Project　Amaryllis・Amaryllis Hippeastrum hybridum hort., 15th July 1993, Takamatsu, Nerima-ku, Tokyo

Seed Project　Heartleaf Lily・Cardiocrinum cordatum Makino, 1st January 2015, Ichinomiya, Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture