Tadashi Kawamata

Central Ishinomaki Area

Since participating in Venice Biennale in 1982, the aritst is working as international artist. His works shows that the working process to create art is a part of the artwork. In his large installations, the artist uses woods and the newly discovered space in the work becomes the artwork. In his work, movement of the audience also plays an important role and is the process of the creation of the work. Drawings or models of his installations are not merely showing his plans, but are individual works which content each of his working process, and are becoming more popular nowadays.

Artwork Number :: A5

Title :: Ishinomaki Tower Project and Plan for Bienal de São Paulo

Year of Production :: 1987/2022

Tadashi Kawamata
Ishinomaki Tower Project and Plan for Bienal de São Paulo, 1987/2022

Tadashi Kawamata is an artist who has been internationally active since his participation in the Venice Biennale in 1982. At the former Kankeimaru Shoten, he exhibits the construction process for Ishinomaki Tower, which is to be exhibited at a vacant lot adjacent to Minamihama Marina, along with the models for Project Nove de julho Caçapava, Kawamata’s early work presented at the Bienal de São Paulo in Brazil in 1987 that attracted worldwide attention. “I will assemble a wooden tower for Reborn-Art Festival this year, and present its sketches and models. My artwork from the collection of Ishinomaki City Museum, which was damaged by the tsunami and restored, will also be exhibited.” (Tadashi Kawamata)

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Artwork Number :: B9

Title :: Ishinomaki Tower

Year of Production :: 2022

Tadashi Kawamata
Ishinomaki Tower, 2022

Tadashi Kawamata is an artist who has been internationally active since his participation in the Venice Biennale in 1982. He shows the process of creating art and the way we perceive space as the work of art itself, in which even movements of viewers become part of that process. “I will assemble a tower on a flat site constructed after the earthquake. I thought that a tower rising up into the sky will reflect the strong will of the people who have continued to live in the area. The tower will be lit up throughout the exhibition. Anyone can witness the construction process, which is open to the public. It will take several years for the project to be completed.” (Tadashi Kawamata)

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Tadashi Kawamata
Lighthouse Helsinki
2020
Helsinki Biennale

トップへもどる

Reborn-Art Festival 2021-22
Second Term
Altruism and Fluidity

［ Period ］

August 20 (SAT) – October 2 (SUN), 2022
*Closed on August 24 (WED),
September 7 (WED), 14 (WED)

［ Venue ］

Ishinomaki City
(Central Ishinomaki,
Memorial Park area, Watanoha),

Oshika Peninsula
(Momonoura-Oginohama, Ayukawa)

in Miyagi Prefecture

［ Viewing Times ］

Ishinomaki City area
10:00 - 17:00 (final admission at 16:30)

Oshika Peninsula area

Weekdays
10:00 - 16:00
(final admission at 15:30)

Saturdays, Sundays,
Public holidays
10:00 - 17:00
(final admission at 16:30)

*Hours may differ depending on the facility and work.

［ Organizers ］

Reborn-Art Festival Executive Committee
ap bank

［ Co-organizers ］

Miyagi Prefecture /
Ishinomaki City /
Shiogama City /
Higashimatsushima City /
Matsushima Town /
Onagawa Town /
Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. /
JR East-Sendai

［ Grant ］ The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal ［ Special sponsor ］
［ Sponsors ］: EXELCO DIAMOND

［ Supporters ］

Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. /
Sendai Television Incorporated /
Miyagi Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. /
HIGASHINIPPON BROADCASTING CO., LTD. /
Sendai FM BROADCASTING, INC.

［ Special cooperation ］

Reborn-Art Festival Ishinomaki Executive Committee

［ Cooperation ］

Ishinomaki Mill, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
SEINO TRANSPORTATION CO., LTD.
Ishinomaki Senshu University
HOUEI CONSTRUCTION
FSX, Inc.
Yumeminosato

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Tadashi Kawamata

Ishinomaki Tower Project and Plan for Bienal de São Paulo

Ishinomaki Tower

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