Kota Ezawa: Works on Paper

In series such as National Anthem, Ezawa’s meticulous process involves tracing source images onto paper and hand-painting them with watercolor before digitally combining the images back into a moving animation. His works on paper serve as delicate, tangible fragments of the related videos.

A color image of a framed watercolor painting depicting four service members with flags during the national anthem
A color image of a framed watercolor painting depicting football players kneeling and locking arms during the national anthem
A color image of a framed watercolor painting on paper depicting athletes during the national anthem
A color image of a framed watercolor painting depicting football players standing and locking arms during the national anthem
Image of a framed watercolor rendering of a football team posing in various ways during the national anthem
A color image of a framed watercolor painting depicting a crowd of people, buses, and a German governmental building
A color image of a framed watercolor painting depicting a group of shirtless figures laboring under the watch of armed uniformed figures
A color image of a framed watercolor painting depicting the Berlin Wall being demolished with crowd of onlookers at night
Color image of a paper collage depicting several soldiers in states of injury and death in the style of Jeff Walls dead troops talk framed in wooden frame

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Color image of a color transparency on a light box depicting a figure in a yellow dress with adornments of various shapes against a yellow background

Kota Ezawa: Lightboxes