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ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present Tomoko Sawada’s newest work, BRIDE, a meditation on the dichotomies of old and new, east and west, tradition and fashion, and the instability of one’s identity when confronted with these divisions. This will mark the first exhibition of this work, and Sawada’s first exhibition on the west coast.

From the start Sawada has found as her source material the flux of identity when confronted with outside forces. Her first major work, ID400, set the tone for much of the work to come. Taking aim at the idea of identity when seen through the lens of photography, …