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Memory

Sculpture
2017 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kumai Kyoko (artist)
Place of origin
Tokyo (made)
Japan (made)

Stainless steel sculpture, Memory, 2017, By Kyoko Kumai (born 1943), Tokyo, Japan, modern crafts, studio

Object details

Category
Sculpture
Object type
Sculpture
TitleMemory (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stainless steel wire
Brief description
Stainless steel sculpture, Memory, 2017, By Kyoko Kumai (born 1943), Tokyo, Japan, modern crafts, studio
Dimensions
  • Height: 100cm
  • Width: 50cm
  • Depth: 50cm
Gallery label
(11/07/2023)
Kumai Kyoko is an internationally recognised fibre artist. She created this work in remembrance of the Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, which caused over 15,000 deaths. Kumai works mainly with stainless steel wire. Here she has shaped the wire into a bundle of organic forms. These represent people’s feelings about the unforgettable disaster that has had a lasting impact in Japan.
Credit line
Given anonymously
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.57-2023

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Record createdSeptember 27, 2022
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1731010/memory-sculpture-kumai-kyoko/
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