Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Artist of the day, September 30, 2020: Keizo Ushio, a Japanese sculptor (#1107)

Keizo Ushio (1951) is one of Japan’s most highly regarded sculptors. He graduated from the Kyoto City University of Arts and upon receiving First Prize at the Henry Moore Exhibition at the Hakone Open Air Museum in 1979 began developing his signature style of sculpting.

His ingenious carving technique is influenced by the mathematics of the mobius strip, typically known as a one-sided, one-edged surface, which is notoriously difficult to create with materials of great weight and density. This reversed loop seems incompatible with the hardness of the stone but it symbolizes and skillfully expresses the unity of a contrary nature and lies at the core of what makes his work so interesting.

The artist has exhibited at every Sculpture by the Sea exhibition since 1999 in Sydney and Perth, and Aarhus in Denmark in 2009 and 2011 and is represented in public and private collections in Japan, Spain, Iceland, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Israel, India, New Zealand, the USA and Australia.


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Mr. Keizo Ushio

Möbius in Space, 1990

Oushi Zokei, 1991

Unknown title, Seattle, Wa, 1996

Oushi zokei, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, 2001

"Dream Lens"  in front of the Kobe "Dream Bridge", 2003

Work of art "Oushi Zokei, 2004

Tenku the Sky, 2005

Oushi Zokei’ 2008, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, 2008

Circle, 2010

Oushi Zokei 45, 2011

2 rings, 2013

Oushi Zokei, 2013

 Mobius in Space, 2014

From "Sculpture by the Sea", Bondi, 2014

Twice Twist Bands, 2015

"Oushi Zokei", Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, 2016

Moebius in Moebius, 2018

Trajectory of Winds, 2019

Oushi Zokei, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020

"Flight", Canberra Airport, n.d.

Gift from the Earth, n.d.

Keizo Ushio, n.d.

No.15, n.d.

Bird, n.d.

Oushi Zokei Hexagonal, n.d.

Unknown title or date

 

 

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