Tadashi Kawamata

Tadashi Kawamata (*1953 in Hokkaido, JP) has created numerous works for public spaces throughout the world. One of his largest installations was the work L’Observatoire (2007) in Lavau-sur-Loire in France. Kawamata has also presented work at the 1982 Venice Biennale and at the 1987 documenta in Kassel. Between 2007 and 2019 he was professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

35 Emscherkunstweg Kawamata 9745 II Henning Rogge Emscherkunstweg ©

Walkway and Tower (2010)

Tadashi Kawamata's work accompanies the Emscher rebuilding by erecting an observation tower on a hill to the west of the water crossing, to which a narrow footbridge leads.