Kazuko Miyamoto, Untitled, 1972, string and nails, 172 x 182 x 1,5 cm. Installation view, 117 Hester Street studio, New York
String Constructions, 117 Hester Street, 1972-73
Kazuko Miyamoto
May 3 - Aug 2, 2025
Kazuko Miyamoto, Untitled, 1972, string and nails, 172 x 182 x 1,5 cm. Installation view, 117 Hester Street studio, New York
EXILE is pleased to present a research presentation of early String Constructions by Kazuko Miyamoto in Berlin.
The three exhibited String Constructions were last installed in 1972-73 in Miyamoto’s studio building at 117 Hester Street, New York. The presentation focuses on Miyamoto’s pivotal transition from the pictorial plane to these early wall-based spatial constructions, with the aim of further exploring Miyamoto’s creative evolution towards her distinctive and expansive artistic practice.
After a brief period of painting (1969-1972), Miyamoto turned to the creation of these ephemeral, wall-based works using only industrial nails and readily available cotton string. These early works are in many ways transitional, and their relationship to Minimalism as experienced through her (predominantly male) peers contrasts her later presentations as a member of the women’s art collective A.I.R..
The specific identity and conservation of the works on display will be explored between their understanding as an extended form of painting and as site-specific architectural intervention.
→Kazuko Miyamoto, String Constructions, KW Berlin, opening Oct 18, 2025