LOT 155
| Technique | Work on paper |
| Size | 31 x 23 cm |
| Availability | Available |
| Donation | 60% |
| Pickup | Satomicho Apartment #303, Satomicho 42-9, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Pref. 920-0098, Japan |
Thinking about what it means to create. Living in London, far from home.
Reading, playing games, lying down. All those non-creating times mattered. I worked small after university, then moved to a bigger studio and the work grew.
But in that large space I felt lost. I built a nest from scrap wood and junk. Everything within reach. There, I never thought about creating.
London changed, and gentrification swept me out. I had to leave.
That time in the shed was itself about creating.
flown is a reconstruction, or a tombstone. Just a fresh wind.
About Hiraki Sawa
Born in Japan and based in London / Kanazawa, he creates spatial and temporal installations using mixed media, primarily moving images, alongside installation, drawing, and sculpture. His work explores the oscillation between personal and collective memory, drawing out a quiet sense of universality, fragility, and nostalgia — an emotional terrain shaped by time and remembrance.
His works are held in the public collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, US; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU; the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; and the Hayward Gallery, London, UK, among others.
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