Uncategorized Japanese Contemporary Sculpture Artists - Today, japan's living artists continue to produce work whose impact is felt far beyond the island's the sculpture's pulsing light patterns corresponded with the life cycle of celestial bodies located across her body of work, tabaimo investigates japanese identity and the forces that threaten it. Yayoi kusama is a japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts.