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ID400 #101-200
1998 · 100 gelatin silver prints
46 3/4 × 36 3/4" (118.7 × 93.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Tomoko Sawada
Artist
WA-00032356
PhotographyConceptual ArtPhotography
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None documented
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1
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5
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80%
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
About
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Tomoko Sawada is a Japanese photographer and videographer whose practice centers on systematic self-portraiture and absurdist transformations of her own image. Working with conceptual rigor and documentary conventions, she interrogates the relationship between appearance, persona, and social expectation through repeated cycles of self-representation. Her work destabilizes the assumed authenticity of the photographic document by treating her body as both subject and instrument of formal investigation.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Conceptual Art
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1 published of 2 catalogued · 1 with image
- MoMA1 publishedof 2 catalogued1 img
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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