TADAAKI KUWAYAMA. Construction / Material

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The presentation contains 6 significant works that span from 1965 to 1999, including: two monochrome acrylic paintings on canvas subdivided into quadrants with aluminum strips from 1965; a larger silver monochrome acrylic painting on canvas bisected with an “X” made of aluminum strips from 1974; a large painting measuring 84 inches square comprised of 6 vertical panels of alternating metallic brown and grey paint joined together with aluminum strips; an installation work from 1992 comprised of 12 panels measuring 24 inches square and in three sets of four metallic colors including: pink, yellow, blue and green on Bakelite board; and last, a large installation work from 1999 consisting of 12 planks of anodized aluminum measuring 86.5 x 7 inches each in alternating colors of pink and silver.