browngrotta arts
Japandi: shared aesthetics and influences
From October 4, 2021 to October 31, 2021
Statement:
"Safety pins function variously as thread, yarn, clay or truss in my work process. I found them soon after I arrived from Japan, out of the necessity to shorten all-too-long American clothing. I noticed their smooth texture and their head- and tail-like details. In the beginning, I found ways to interlock them, as if weaving. I found constructing systems as I went along, using only the inherent structural properties of the pins, and now can create anything from "drawings" to three-dimensional, self-standing works."
Tamiko Kawata
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin (Fiber R/Evolution International); Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York (Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, permanent collection); New York State Museum, Albany: Crafts Council, London, UK (International Textile Exhibition); Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York; Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York (Nature of Fiber); New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit; Takano Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York (Transformation); Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York; Glyndor Gallery/Wave Hill, Bronx, New York; Japan Craft & Design Association Gallery, Tokyo; Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York (Make the Most of It: Eight Artists); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York (Annual Invitational Exhibition); Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York; Lafcadio Hearn/Yakumo Koizumi Art Museum, Matsue, Japan; Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Pins and Needles); Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York.
Japandi: shared aesthetics and influences
From October 4, 2021 to October 31, 2021
Who is the artist?
Statement:
"Safety pins function variously as thread, yarn, clay or truss in my work process. I found them soon after I arrived from Japan, out of the necessity to shorten all-too-long American clothing. I noticed their smooth texture and their head- and tail-like details. In the beginning, I found ways to interlock them, as if weaving. I found constructing systems as I went along, using only the inherent structural properties of the pins, and now can create anything from "drawings" to three-dimensional, self-standing works."
Tamiko Kawata
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin (Fiber R/Evolution International); Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York (Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, permanent collection); New York State Museum, Albany: Crafts Council, London, UK (International Textile Exhibition); Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York; Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York (Nature of Fiber); New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit; Takano Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York (Transformation); Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York; Glyndor Gallery/Wave Hill, Bronx, New York; Japan Craft & Design Association Gallery, Tokyo; Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York (Make the Most of It: Eight Artists); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York (Annual Invitational Exhibition); Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York; Lafcadio Hearn/Yakumo Koizumi Art Museum, Matsue, Japan; Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Pins and Needles); Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York.