Yuko Takada Keller

Prismatic / 1989

200x200x200 cm 

Fabrication, tracing paper

Pillars of Light/ 1998

Fabrication, tracing paper

Yuko Takada Keller started her artistic endeavors making tapestries, but after a trip to Europe she was inspired by the scenery which lead her to work in a completely different medium, paper. She worked with a number of different materials, but finally found the translucency she was looking for in tracing paper. 

 I love the way Yuko uses such a thin light weight material in a way that creates such substance. I can see the inspiration that nature brings to her work. There is a sense of something ever changing and in motion. I get the impression of something real and tangible in the moment but also fleeting.

As an artist I find it fascinating the path it often takes to find your ascetic. You can go from one extreme to another before you find what best expresses your artistic vision. It is truly a journey

Expectation/ 1997

240x180x180 cm

Fabrication, tracing paper

"Tracing paper has a transparency and an untransparency. 

I'm interested in how tracing paper is like a skin membrane. 
The skin membrane lies between dream and reality. 
The skin membrane lies between consciousness and behavior. 
The skin membrane is there when life is born. 
The skin membrane is part of a human being. 
I want to represent the space that people are aware of 
The skin membrane is unconsciousness."

Yuko Takada Keller