The Library

izumi kato - parasitic plastic models book 2022 that was published in conjunction w his exhibition of the same name at watari-um (watari museum of contemporary art - tokyo)

the work in the book/show incorporates plastic models (the kind u get in a kit & build) and his own work in different ways 

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so for example, he made actual plastic model kits that needed to be built

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artist - izumi kato

nipponneez she/her ✌️👧 🫧 
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finished view of above model kit

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artist - izumi kato

and he also combined commercial plastic models with his wood sculpted pieces

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artist - izumi kato

another piece that is a combination of a work that consists of both a wood sculpted / painted piece with a commercially found plastic model

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artist - izumi kato