{"id":1186,"date":"2025-02-18T17:27:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/artiste\/tadashi-kawamata\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:44:31","slug":"tadashi-kawamata","status":"publish","type":"artiste","link":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/artist\/tadashi-kawamata\/","title":{"rendered":"Tadashi Kawamata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-style-espace-60-px is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Tadashi Kawamata<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">An international career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A graduate of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Tadashi Kawamata made his mark in 1982 at the Venice Biennale and in 1987 at documenta 8 in Kassel. He then marked sites in France, such as the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salp\u00eatri\u00e8re and the Centre de cr\u00e9ation contemporaine in Tours, while exhibiting worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cabanes.jpg\" alt=\"Huts: suspended works\" class=\"wp-image-572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cabanes.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cabanes-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cabanes-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cabanes-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cabanes-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-style-espace-60-px is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Tadashi Kawamata<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">Recycled materials and spatial considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with salvaged materials (boards, chairs), Kawamata creates installations that reinterpret places, playing with light and air. His work explores the memory of spaces and the dialogue between nature and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/monumental-work\/huts-suspended-works\/\">See the work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tadashi Kawamata An international career A graduate of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Tadashi Kawamata made his mark in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":474,"template":"","discipline":[21],"class_list":["post-1186","artiste","type-artiste","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artiste"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"discipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}