Artwork
Nature
#e book artwork
#glass
#Ramon Todo
#rocks
#sculpture
“Bois de Boulogne Paris.” All pictures © Ramon Todo, shared with permission
“Stone is like DNA that remembers the entire history of a place,” says artist Ramon Todo. Time is an overarching theme within the artist’s work, as he sees the layers of glass embedded within the rugged sculptures a illustration of the idea. Referring to those clear segments as “windows,” Todo hopes the viewer “will be able to imagine the memory, time, and place that the material holds.”
The Kanagawa-based artist sources supplies with nice consideration and believes objects comprise info and power particular to the locations they as soon as existed. Together with utilizing basalt, coal, and Western philosophy books, Todo additionally recovers particles from structure in Japan. Whether or not or not it’s fragments from the Japan Nationwide Stadium or remnants from a demolished lodge, the artist cuts, polishes, and embeds previous narratives inside every layer.
See extra of Todo’s work on Artsy.
“50 Column”
“Hotel Okura Tokyo”
“Berlin Wall”
“Column — Yokohama”
“Chikuho”
Element of “Japan National Stadium”
Element of “50 Column”
E book works
“DAS KAPITAL”
“Prayer Book”
#e book artwork
#glass
#Ramon Todo
#rocks
#sculpture
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