Artwork Details
- Title
- Uragaeshi (Inside Out)
- Artist
- Date
- 2013
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 6 1⁄8 in. × 29 in. × 2 7⁄8 in. (15.6 × 73.7 × 7.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D. and Judith Chernoff, M.D.
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- African mahogany
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 2021.66.38
Artwork Description
Koji Tanaka’s sculptures are portals to different ways of seeing. The artist grew up in a traditional Japanese home, where he observed his mother’s calligraphy work and commitment to practice over perfection. Along these lines, he lets a single piece of wood dictate the forms. “I hold the wood in reverence and honor its life by presenting it in the different forms I create, knowing that it's not perfect.”
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022