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Kawamata makes works from reclaimed wood. Often working on site-specific projects made in situ by the artist and local assistants, his sculptural installations are direct responses to their environment. Existing somewhere between art and architecture, Kawamata’s installations appear to grow independently out of their surroundings and give rise to questions about traditional forms of shelter and the effect of socio-economic contexts on the built environment. His works are both structurally solid yet fragile, and give the deliberately ambiguous impression of both construction and …