2012
Homeland - Valley View
Kayo Yokoyama (NSW)
Artist Statement
As a child I wanted to reject my inherited culture in favour of the dominant Western culture, only to turn back after migrating to Australia and embrace again these landscapes from two homelands. I place myself among trees to view the world surrounding me and to feel my homeland again. My works are about enlightening the world that I belong to.
Courtesy of Keith Rowe Gallery
Materials
glass, found object
Dimensions
54 x 23 x 13 cm
Merit
Viewers' Choice Award; Plinth Prize; Finalist
Artist Talk
Judges
Judges of the 2012 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM (Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW and Director of the Transfield Foundation), Natalie Wilson (Assistant Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW) and Professor Janice Reid AM (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney and Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW).
Exhibition Guide
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