Tadashi KAWAMATA Tree Hut Brugger N°20 (diptych) - 2018 Model in wood, sheet metal and acrylic paint Signed, dated and titled on the back 210 × 320 × 32 cm Wooden model, metal sheet and acrylic paint; signed, dated and titled on the reverse 82.68 × 125.98 × 12.60 in. Origin : Mennour, Paris Acquired directly from the latter by the current owner Tadashi KAWAMATA Contrary to the 'raw' aspect of his work, Tadashi Kawamata is an artist who leaves nothing to chance in terms of both form and materials, which are always subtly chosen and used in perfect harmony with the locations in which he works on his installations. His works are not meant to be seen, but to be perceived. You can't get inside them, but the artist leaves room for the imagination to enter. The huts are installed in a perfectly thought-out chaos and are made from rough, often salvaged, wood, creating a link between past and present. As soon as we see them, a relationship is established between the artist's installations and the viewer, which raises questions about the environment that surrounds us. Tadashi Kawamata's installations establish a link between past and present, revealing a different reality of spaces and places and highlighting the invisible yet very real part of their cultural and social dimension. They allow us to look at our environment from a different angle, on a different scale of scale, with the humility that is the hallmark of the artist's work. that characterises the artist and his work. Through his work, the artist confronts us with the precariousness inherent in large metropolises. These constructions perched on branches echo childhood and its cabins, the space that surrounds us like a refuge. Their appearance evokes rudimentary and primitive comfort, or even protection, floating in weightless space. Kawamata gives each hut its own identity, both architecturally and in terms of proportion. He invites us into his archaic, ancestral "home", despite its fragile appearance. and precarious, and questions the fragility of our space and our existence. They evoke the possibility of escaping from the reality of our surroundings into an intimate cocoon, and plunge the viewer into a sense of inner peace. Contrary to the 'raw' aspect of his work, Tadashi Kawamata is an artist who leaves nothing to chance, in terms of both form and materials, which are always subtly chosen and used in perfect harmony with the locations in which he works on his installations. His works are not meant to be seen, but glimpsed. You can't get inside them, but the artist leaves room for the imagination to enter. The huts are installed in a perfectly thought-out chaos and are made from rough, often salvaged, wood, creating a link between past and present. As soon as we see them, a relationship is established between the artist's installations and the viewer, which raises questions about the environment that surrounds us. Tadashi Kawamata's installations establish a link between past and present, revealing a different reality of spaces and places and highlighting the invisible yet veryreal part of their cultural and social dimension. They allow us to look at our environment from a different angle, on a different scale, with the humility that characterises the artist and his works. Through his works, the artist confronts us with the precariousness inherent in large metropolises. These constructions perched on branches echo childhood and its cabins, the space that surrounds us like a refuge. Their appearance evokes rudimentary and primitive comfort, even protection, floating weightlessly in space. Kawamata gives each hut its own identity, both architecturally and in terms of proportion. He invites us into his archaic and ancestral 'home' despite its fragile and precarious appearance, and questions the fragility of our space and our existence. They evoke the possibility of escaping from the reality of our surroundings into an intimate cocoon, and plunge the viewer into a sense of inner peace.