Kazu Nakagawa
Japan /
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1957
Japanese
not for the time
- 1994
- Wood and mixed media
- Purchased, 2002
- 1630 x 3230 x 524mm
- 2002/248.a-g
Tags: chairs (furniture forms), cutlery, food, frames (furnishings), furniture, plates (dishes), tables (support furniture)
Kazu Nakagawa’s sculptures express the Japanese concept of ‘ma’ – the space between objects, or the room around things. Here, an elegant arrangement with a place set mysteriously for one calls our attention to what – or, perhaps more importantly, who – might be missing. The unexpected scale – too insubstantial for usual use, yet also not toy-like – and the care and precision with which the artist has made these objects, adds an atmosphere of expectation to an otherwise ordinary domestic scene.
(Absence, May 2023)
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