| CAREER | 1959 Born in Ibaraki, JAPAN 1983 Graduated from Sculpture Course, Musashino Art University, Tokyo PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS: 1996 Gallery An Adan, Ibaraki 1995 Gallery Charles and Martin Gauthier, Québec CANADA 1989 Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND OTHERS: 2013 AMABIKI 2013, Ibaraki ('11/'08/'06/'03/'01/'99/'97-'98/'96) 2012 International Symposium of Sculptures 2012. Silent Hills Resort, Manor, INDIA 1997 "EFFET D'UTILITAIRE" Baie-Saint-Paul Exhibition Center, Québec, CANADA 1995 The Sculpture Park around Lake Toya. Toya, Hokkaido Artists-in-Residence Program. Est-Nord-Est Sculpture Center, Québec, CANADA 1994 Sekishin Sculpture Exhibition. Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo ('87/'86) 1993 "TAMA Life 21" Artists in Residence Program. Hinode, Tokyo 1992 The 4th Exhibition of Tokyo Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture. Tokyo Malta-Oshima Sculptural Symposium. Ehime 1989 India-Japan Sculptor's Camp Document Exhibition. Gallery αM, Tokyo. Gallery 21, Fukuoka The 13th Exhibition of Cotemporary Japanese Sculpture 1989. Ube, Yamaguchi 1988-'89 India-Japan Sculptor's Camp. Vadodara, INDIA 1985 Tsukuba International Environmental Arts Symposium '85. Ibaraki |
AMABIKI 2013
Shape of endless
White granite
117×105×94 (h)cm
I want to create one big crystal-like mass that is in nitely connected and from which all unnecessary parts have been cut away.
AMABIKI 2011 In the midst of winter
crossroad
Granite, Iron
242×242×145 (h)cm
The steel plate that split the stone still splits the space where the work stands and impinges directly on that space, giving just a little tension to the scenery I have looked at until now. The images changes further with time and position, and the scenes in my memory intersect.
AMABIKI 2008
The horizontal hole and vertical hole
Granite, Hume pipe
183×203×134 (h)cm
AMABIKI 2006
A sign
Black granite, White granite
147.5×162.5×85.5 (h)cm
3500 kg
THE 5TH EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
Slit in cube
Black granite, Concrete, Iron
120×90×111 cm
2700 kg
THE 4TH EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
Coexistence connection
Black granite, Concrete, Iron
140×30×36 cm (×2P)
400 kg, 360 kg
Coexistence annulus
Black granite, Concrete, Iron
63.5×150×150 cm
1750 kg
When I visited this wood before, looking for a site, it was much denser and harder to move around in. With the undergrowth cut back after the end of winter, the wood is much less dense, and it is easy to look across the little shrine in the center. It is also possible to measure the passage of time. Similarly, the created works seem to soak up the amount of time you spend moving among them. I think that is the source of their gravity, as distinct from their weight.
THE 3RD EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
South cylinder
Black granite, Concrete
97×97×110 cm
1720 kg
The flow of the river, rice paddies, fields, houses and plant life is in a uniformly north-south direction. I felt as if they were moving north to south, imperceptibly and slowly, in the same way as the air density. The physical problem with the work I planned to put here I could visualize, so it was more important to make a form that would take in the surroundings, take them in and let them flow out.
THE 2ND EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
Involved stone
Stone, Concrete
200×167×110 cm
4500 kg
THE 1ST EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
Nucleus and husk of stone
Black granite
150×150×210 (h)cm