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Kaori Imamura "Hikarinotani Landscape"
Metal Art Museum Hikarinotani
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Kaori Imamura
While still a university student, Imamura became fascinated by how steel melts and changes its shape while exposed to the heat of a welding machine, and began making steel sculptures. After graduating in 2002, she started searching for an atelier, visited the steel town of Kawaguchi by chance, and shifted her base there. Her interest in steel as a material steadily grew - not just in the process of its manufacture, but also in the inherent fascination of its material qualities. Imamura took a particular interest in the frequent building demolitions that were taking place in her town, and the resulting large quantities of waste wood and steel girders that seemed as if they were alive. She realized that the relationship between steel and wood was an indivisible one, and began making works that combined the two materials in 2004.
[Image: "Sew Up River" (2006)]
[Image: "Sew Up River" (2006)]
Schedule | Aug 8 (Sat) 2009-Sep 6 (Sun) 2009 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥500, Junior High School Students and under ¥300 | ||||
| Venue | Metal Art Museum Hikarinotani | ||||
| Location | 2465 Yoshitaka, Inba-mura, Inba-gun, Chiba-ken 270-1603 | ||||
| Access | From Inba-Nihon-Idai Station on the Hokusou kodan line, take the bus to Bijutsukan-mae. | ||||
| Phone | 0476-98-3151 | ||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it |
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