PORTFOLIO
JUNK
MAIL WEAVINGS
"...restrained
abstractions composed of woven strips of shredded advertisements...
Hashimoto’s
weavings were especially strong, for instance a surrealist abstraction
whose title helps us identify its source in a shredded catalogue
photo of Kate Moss."
Kirsten Swenson, Art
in America, April 2008
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JUNK
MAIL
Hashimoto begins collecting the
junk mail that is delivered to her studio on June 1, 2007. She incorporates
the daily hand shredding of this material into her studio practice.
In one month she has a pile reminiscent of a Monet haystack. In
three months it engulfs the concert grand piano in her studio. The
pile continues to grow. more
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PINK
TATAMI
The idea for PINK TATAMI first
came to me after I had spent the entire day cleaning the twenty
four tatami in an old uninhabited wooden home in Tokyo. I pulled
the tatami up out of the sunken floor into which they fit so snugly
and piled them inside the room that was soon to be my new home and
studio. I had never seen the underbelly of tatami before, nor the
guts of a traditional Japanese-style room left exposed by their
removal. It was a beautiful, vulnerable image.
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QUEENS
/ QUEENS
The
genesis of this series occurred through the artist’s examination
of Nana, the main character in the novel by Emile Zola of the same
name. This research-based work addresses cross-cultural identity,
sexuality and prostitution, incorporating references to Zola's preliminary
notes on the character and various visual appropriations. more>
TABULAE
RASAE
In Return to Tabulae
Rasae, Part Two of Barbara Hashimoto's solo show at Xiem Gallery,
this critically acclaimed LA-based artist presents a new body of
work. Hashimoto's 15-year exploration of the book form evolved -
through sculpture, performance and installation, from the initial
censoring, binding, incineration and final cracking open of fired
ceramic books, to evocative constructions of neo-narrative ceramic
tablets. more>
EVERY
MAN WAS HER SLAVE
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SATI
SERIES
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TOKYO
BAY PROJECT | RESTING PLACE
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MORAL
STORIES
Based on
her work, it could be said that Barbara Hashimoto likes loose ends.
Such a statement seems in direct opposition with one of her chosen
subject matters—moral stories. Moral stories are generally
tidy, with a clear resolution and defined parameters indicating
right from wrong. These narratives—like the popular Greek
AESOP’s Fables—are used to teach and entertain.
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SELECTED
CERAMIC WORK