Four Sculptures by Kawashima Shigeo, Sliced Bamboo Held Together with Cotton Twine.
Top to Bottom: “Ring” at the Kennedy Center; “Universal Circle”, 2008; “Dancing to the Sky”, 2003: Model for Funabashi Shore Park Exhibition, 1999
The Japanese have a long and deep relationship with bamboo, and their culture has produced the most beautiful art in this medium. Shigeo Kawashima’s sculptures take bamboo as an artistic medium to a new level.