Inside the Artists Studio: Tamiko Kawata

by EFA Studios
1614

Inside the Artists Studio: Tamiko Kawata

 

Through my artwork I am searching for another vision and another way of thinking for my life in the expressive space between installation works sculptures and wall works I compose overlooked indigenous objects from our daily life as my media My choice of materials and interpretation are influenced by the differences that I experience between life in America and in Japan where I grew up I often use repetition and aim to create energy chaos within quiet stillness Bauhaus and Dadaism these philosophies were perfect to affect the wounded youth in post World War II Japan and I was not an exception I grew up learning from and observing them in my formative years in Japan My sculptural education was academic but these philosophies became a solid core for my way of thinking and for my art making My works are my visual diaries of adapted American life

 

 


TOP TEN TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR M...

  • by Pampered Wolf 2040

I constantly tweak my makeup techniques as my skin ages and I learn more about what looks and feels best on my skin. These are my ...

セイウチ赤ちゃんのプールデビュー!

  • by 鳥羽水族館 TOBA AQUARIUM 1033

セイウチの赤ちゃんのプールデビューの様子を、水槽側から撮影しました。 初めての水の中も、飼育員のお兄さんとならへっちゃらでした!