Signed
Drawing for Sea of Time #2 (1988, Venice)
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Limited Editions of 35 / Signed & Numbered / Framed, Shipping include
This drawing was created for Sea of Time, presented at the Venice Biennale in 1988.
While the original plan was to use only red LEDs, Miyajima introduced green LEDs as well, differentiating the work from Hara Museum of Contemporary Art version. The arrangement evolved beyond scattering the gadgets on the floor, incorporating formations—clusters, straight lines, and circles—that evoked constellations in the universe. The installation also included a space near the entrance that allowed viewers to step inside the work.
These three drawings emerged while planning this project. Despite significant financial and language barriers during production and installation, the work’s unveiling was met with overwhelming praise and acclaim.
Available in three variations (#1–3), each with a distinct composition.
Purchase Information: “Sea of Time – TOHOKU”
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- Year
- 2025
- Medium
- Archival Pigment Print, Silkscreen on paper, Collage on paper
- Sheet Size
- 340 x 460 mm
- Editions
- 35
Tatsuo MIYAJIMA
宮島達男
Born in Tokyo in 1957. Completed postgraduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1986. Since his debut in Aperto ’88 at the Venice Biennale, he has been recognized as one of Japan’s foremost contemporary artists and has exhibited widely in Japan and internationally.
He represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 1999 and has held major solo exhibitions at leading institutions including Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (1990), Hayward Gallery, London (1997), Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2000), Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2002), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma (2004), Art Tower Mito (2008), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (2016). His works are held in the collections of Tate, London; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; among others. He has also realized large-scale public art commissions such as for TV Asahi at Roppongi Hills, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Tokyo Opera City, and Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul.
Miyajima is best known for his LED counter works, based on three key concepts: Keep Changing, Connect with Everything, Continue Forever. The counters, each blinking at different speeds and never displaying zero, evoke the continuity, eternity, and interconnectedness of time and human life.
He is the founder of the Revive Time: Kaki Tree Project, which propagates seedlings from a persimmon tree that survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and plants them worldwide. More recently, he has been engaged in the Sea of Time – TOHOKU project, which seeks to carry forward the memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake while envisioning a new future for the Tohoku region.
Miyajima’s solo exhibition is currently on view at the Asia University Museum of Modern Art, Taichung, Taiwan, through July 2026.
Publications of Tatsuo MIYAJIMA
