Index Code:

ART-KMI-001

Orgin:

Tokyo / New York

Field Notes:

Thread establishes interval; tension defines boundary. Line operates as a spatial system.

Defining Moment:

The 1970s thread installations where line shifted from mark to spatial interval.

Kazuko Miyamoto

(

1942–present

)

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Miyamoto builds clarity through line and restraint — thread stretched into structure, space drawn into quiet geometric order.

Structural Focus

Space as Drawing

Line, frame, or interval organizes space instead of filling it. Structure is articulated through placement rather than mass.

In Kazuko Miyamoto’s work, this approach appears where string repetition articulates spatial volume.

Position

Space as Drawing

Line, frame, or interval organizes space instead of filling it. Structure is articulated through placement rather than mass.

In Kazuko Miyamoto’s work, this approach appears where string repetition articulates spatial volume.

Constructed Surfaces

Surfaces are built through layering, joining, and controlled fabrication.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Proportion

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Structure

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Material

Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.

Art

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Conceptual Art

Language, instruction, and proposition function as the work itself.

Minimalism

Reduction clarifies form through repetition, scale, and restraint.

Kazuko Miyamoto

Structural Focus

Space as Drawing

Position

Space as Drawing

Observartory

In Dialogue

Kazuko Miyamoto

Structural Focus

Space as Drawing

Position

Space as Drawing

Observartory

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue