• SAITO Toru

    CAREER1957
    Born in Miyagi, JAPAN
    1983
    Graduated from Sculpture Department of Tama Art University

    PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
    1998
    Norie Gallery, Tokyo (’96)
    1997
    AD & A Gallery, Osaka
    1994
    Atagoyama Gallery, Tokyo

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SYMPOSIUMS and OTHERS:
    2005
    New Arrival. Tama Art University, Tokyo
    “Art in the Forest” 2005 in Sauze d’Oulx. Torino, ITALY
    1 Simposium Internacional De Escultura 2005. Colima, MEXICO
    2004
    Busan Biennale 2004. Busan, KOREA
    1st Uluslararasi Isparta- Egirdir Tas Heykel Sempozyumu. Isparta, TURKEY
    3rd Simposium Internacional De Escultura – Guadalajara. Guadalajara, MEXICO
    Contemporaly Sculpture Special Lecture In Arts University of Guadalajara. Guadalajara, MEXICO
    2003
    III Sculpture Simposium Ciudad Empresarial. Santiago, CHILE
    International Sculpture Exhibition – Arte Spacio. Santiago, CHILE
    International Sculpture Project Exhibition. APT di Fanano, ITALY
    International Sculpture Symposium Fanano. Fanano, ITALY
    International Sculpture Exhibition – 16 sculture del simposio. Modena, ITALY

  • Landscape

    Wood, Lead
    180×120×240 (h)cm

  • Landscape (with a box)

    Wood, Lead

    190×108×157 (h)cm

  • sky to land 2013

    Zelvoka, Lead, Acrylic-Paint

    900×700×110 (h)cm

  • sky to land (appearance in garden)

    Granite

    120×110×215 (h)cm

  • Heaven to Earth “water jar type”

    Marble

    120×118×152 (h)cm

  • Heaven to Earth 2006-in the other side of a door

    Stone, Wood

    130×70×195 (h)cm

  • Heaven to Earth … water’s edge 2003

    Granite

    136×185×105 cm
    3000 kg

    I installed a private fountain, to limit one of the fundamental drives of the various plants in this place. I started last year when I saw kudzu vines completely covering everything like a dynamic membrane.

  • biological clock/Sky to Earth … (biological clock)

    Granite

    215×150×92 cm
    4000 kg

  • Sky to Earth · · · (Monument)

    Granite

    125×125×132 cm
    6200 kg

    Looking at the structures built by humans on the earth, I am often amazed by the power of science and civilization, but when I consider the phenomena that occur on a global scale (climatic events, subterranean movements, etc.) and the energy that drives them, I am keenly aware of humanity’s powerlessness. Sometimes we forget the blessings of the earth, stand against it and head towards excessive development and destruction. I take the position that humans should work with nature so that when we take energy from nature, we return it. I think the same about “Sky to Earth · · · (Nonument)” in this place.