Kumi Yamashita's

KUMI YAMASHITA'S 

2011 H46,W36,D2cm
Wood panel, brads, single sewing thread

Private collection

Kumi Yamashita's "Constellation" portraits are an incredible exercise in minimalism. Yamashita, who was born in Japan and now lives in New York, constructs the portraits out of simple materials: "a wooden panel painted a solid white, thousands of small galvanized nails, and a single, unbroken, common sewing thread."

The National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. has chosen Kumi Yamashita’s entry, Constellation – Mana, as a finalist in their Outwin Boochever Portrait Competiton.

The competition, which is held triennially and is the first national portrait competition to be held in the United States, asks artists to create a “portrait” from a living individual with whom they have had direct contact. Artists may use any medium. Ms. Yamashita’s winning entry is a portrait of her niece comprised of a wooden panel painted white, approximately 10,000 tiny nails, and a single unbroken sewing thread.

Approximately 50 finalists from over 3,000 entries were chosen. All finalist’s work will form a major exhibition on view at the National Portrait Gallery from March 23, 2013 until February 23, 2014.

What i love about Kumi Yamashita artwork it's so different also she's so creative. I've enjoyed looking through her artworks it's so amazing the way she use so many nail's and sewing thread creative a amazing artwork.I just wonder how much time she's been working on her artworks by the way she's been working with so many nails and sewing thread it's just so interesting. It's just so interesting the way she pulled on the threads in a pice of fabric and creating a picture of a boy. I also like the way she even use a lot of threads to shade in her artworks like the little boy's hair and eye's.