{"id":16067,"date":"2015-03-06T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16067"},"modified":"2015-03-06T11:47:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:47:10","slug":"a-wooden-wonderland-tadashi-kawamata-stairs-at-the-annely-juda-fine-art-mayfair-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-wooden-wonderland-tadashi-kawamata-stairs-at-the-annely-juda-fine-art-mayfair-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A wooden wonderland: Tadashi Kawamata Stairs at Annely Juda Fine Art gallery, Mayfair, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-01.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Running until the 21st March 2015 and an absolute &#8216;must see&#8217; is this wonderful installation\u00a0by\u00a0the Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata on display in central London.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-02.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1953,\u00a0Tadashi Kawamata is an artist-cum-architect who\u00a0uses\u00a0scrap or reclaimed materials, mostly wood, to create\u00a0new and unusual structures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-03.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A ramshackle\u00a0wooden spiral staircase smashes through the middle of the art gallery,\u00a0leading visitors through the third and fourth floor galleries to emerge under a\u00a0glass skylight offering glimpses of London&#8217;s\u00a0rooftops.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-04.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-05.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the gallery\u2019s third floor the spiral staircase dissects a large wooden dome roughly constructed from wooden pallets, with light breaking through\u00a0the slats and wooden planks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-06.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking around inside this precarious-looking structure\u00a0makes for a curious and slightly unsettling experience,\u00a0and it&#8217;s easy to imagine that you&#8217;re exploring a distant shanty town\u00a0or walking through a forest home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-07.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-09.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-10.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-11.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-12.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-13.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-14.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-15.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-16.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-17.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-18.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-19.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-20.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-21.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-22.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-23.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-24.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-26.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-27.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Across two floors can be seen\u00a0Kawamata&#8217;s\u00a0maquettes of tree houses and projects for Ghent and a\u00a0Tsunami relief, made for a proposed project in Northern Japan, described as &#8220;an everlasting and ever evolving project that will emerge from the Tohoku tsunami.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-28.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk\/exhibitions\/tadashi-kawamara\" target=\"_blank\">gallery website<\/a> describes his methods;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tadashi Kawamata is an artist who transforms our environment, he works in the midst of demolition and construction. Usually using scrap or reclaimed materials, mostly wood, Kawamata sets about building new and unusual structures; a bridge between an apartment block and a museum, a wooden walkway that leads from a town centre to a lakeside, slum dwellings constructed in a picturesque park. Kawamata\u2019s aim is to turn these environments inside out, and present the viewers with a completely fresh view of their surroundings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-29.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-30.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-31.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-32.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-33.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-34.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-35.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-36.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-37.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-38.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-39.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/stairs-kawamata-london-40.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs by Tadashi Kawamata, Annely Juda Fine Art, Mayfair, London, March 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tadashi Kawamata: Stairs<br \/>\nAdmission free<br \/>\n19 February\u201321 March 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk\/exhibitions\/tadashi-kawamara\" target=\"_blank\">Annely Juda Fine Art<\/a><br \/>\n4th Floor, 23 Dering Street<br \/>\nLondon W1S 1AW<br \/>\nOpening hours<br \/>\nMonday\u2013Friday 10:00\u201318:00<br \/>\nSaturday 11:00\u201317:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ajfa@annelyjudafineart.co.uk\">ajfa@annelyjudafineart.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk\/exhibitions\/tadashi-kawamara\" target=\"_blank\">annelyjudafineart.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/preview\/place\/\/@51.514264,-0.145331,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xc76cdc9ee56a5fb3?hl=en-US\" target=\"_blank\">Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running until the 21st March 2015 and an absolute &#8216;must see&#8217; 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