Prized Rubbish

In another example of one person's trash being another person's treasure, Japanese artist Tomoko Takahashi is a finalist for Britain's prestigious Turner Prize, awarded to artists under 50 years old who live and work in Britain and have had an exhibit in 2000. Takahashi, 34, creates sculptures using everyday objects such as scraps of paper, lamps and electric fans. A publication of the Japanese embassy in Britain describes Takahashi's found materials as "organized into fields which range across the floors and walls of an exhibition space ... creating an environment that is simultaneously chaotic and ordered." A finalist ...

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