"KölnSkulptur 2"
Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
15. 11. 1999 - 01. 09. 2001
Katzenmädchen, 1999, bronze, concrete © Leiko Ikemura and VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023.
Exhibition view at KölnSkulptur#2. Source of photo: Skulpturenpark Köln.
Artists: Stephan Balkenhol, Tony Cragg, Bogomir Ecker, Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Günther Förg, Isa Genzken, Asta Gröting, Georg Herold, Jenny Holzer, Leiko Ikemura, Jörg Immendorff, Anish Kapoor, Stefan Kern, Meuser, Jorge Pardo, Tobias Rehberger, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Julian Schnabel, Joel Shapiro, David Smith, Mauro Staccioli, Frank Stella, Mark di Suvero, Rosemarie Trockel, Simon Ungers, Paul Wallach, Franz West, Martin Willing
Leiko Ikemura (b.1951 in Tsu/Mie, Japan) studied sculpture and painting in Spain, and in 1979 settled in Zürich, before finally moving to Cologne in 1985. After beginning with lively, dreamlike drawings and paintings she turned in 1987 to sculpture as her central medium. Since then she has made figures - mostly female - who fluctuate between two conditions, on the one hand they seem unfinished, on the other still in a state of becoming. Their undecided condition thematizes her fear of losing her cultural identity, and also a deep understanding of human nature - her figures are also commuters across the border, mediators between Japanese and Western culture.
Source:
skulpturenparkkoeln.de/en/exhibition-koelnskulptur/koelnskulptur-2/15/93.html
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