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Shirt HappensArtist wears her heart on her plaster sleeveBy Wynter HoldenPublished on January 21, 2009 at 4:04amThe Dows down 3.5 percent, Congress is preparing a second $350 billion bailout package, and Kias offering cars for a buck. It seems the only one who isnt losing her shirt these days is local artist Kaori Takamura, who retired from graphic-design work to pursue her craft full-time. Takamuras signature works are plaster-cast shirts, painted and machine-stitched in creative designs, as displayed in the exhibit The Shirt Shop: Kaori Takamura at eye lounge. Why not pants or dresses? I chose shirts to capture the individuals image like a portrait, Takamura tells New Times. In the exhibit, the completed shirts are hung up, while blank plaster shirts are stacked on adjacent shelves. [The] plaster-molded shirts represent the anonymous individual, the artist says. Every life starts with a blank shirt that is later altered through ones individual experiences. Mondays-Saturdays. Starts: Jan. 10. Continues through Feb. 14, 2009
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