※Osaka Art & Design is Wed.May 29,2024- Tue.Jun.25,2024
We are delighted to present a solo exhibition featuring new works by Nishino Kozo, an artist who continues to express the spatial temporality that unfolds between the terrestrial and the celestial through his gracefully choreographed titanium lines. The monumental kinetic sculpture, drawing inspiration from cumulonimbus clouds that soar into the stratosphere, seems to dance upwards into the seven-meter ceilings of the expansive exhibition space. Crafted from titanium pipes meticulously colored by blowtorch, this singular work embodies a spatial distillation of cosmic light and darkness, thematically evoking a return to earth.
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Floating in the Air / 2023 / Titanium alloy
Kozo Nishino
Kozo Nishino (1951-) is a sculptor who is highly acclaimed both in Japan and internationally for his delicate yet dynamic sculptures. They are made of metal such as titanium and revolve around natural phenomena such as the sky and the wind. Nishino’s major public artworks include a 30-meter-diameter sculpture called Sky Memory (2013/ 4 World Trade Center, New York).
ARTCOURT Gallery
Since ARTCOURT Gallery opened its doors in Osaka in 2003, the gallery has focused on internationally acclaimed artists such as Gutai and Hitoshi Nomura who stood at the forefront of postwar Japanese art as well as Yo Akiyama who have cultivated a unique aesthetic to deepen new forms of crafts, and younger artists who will forge the future. We organize exhibitions, supply commissioned work for architectural spaces, and strive to place works in the collections of museums and collectors all over the world. In 2018 we opened ACG Villa Kyoto and aim to be a base designed to convey outstanding Japanese contemporary art to the world.
1F OAP ARTCOURT
1-8-5 Temmabashi, Kita-ku, Osaka
530 0042 Japan
