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Kozo Nishino

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Kozo Nishino
Nishino in 2014
Born (1951-08-07) 7 August 1951 (age 73)
Hyogo, Japan
Occupation(s)Artist, sculptor
Years active1984–present

Kozo Nishino (born 1951) is a Japanese sculptor and kinetic artist born in Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Ceramics at the Kyoto City University of Arts in 1977.[1]

Notable works

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He has numerous large-scale public works throughout Japan. He was featured in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field.[2]

His large scale public work titled, In the Wind, is a metallic sculpture of a saxophone. He originally created it in 1988 and the work was presented in Kobe. The work was recreated in 2003 in front of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama.[3]

In 2013, he was commissioned and created a 30-meter-diameter titanium arc in the 4 World Trade Center building which faces the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City.[4][5]

In 2018, Nishino created a series of kinetic public art works, including Breezing in Canberra and In the Stream, at the National Arboretum in Canberra, Australia.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "西野康造". 美術手帖 (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ "西野康造 - 作家|大地の芸術祭". 大地の芸術祭 (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ^ "風の中で - 西野康造". Google Arts & Culture (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. ^ Dunlap, David W. (7 August 2013). "At the World Trade Center Site, a Space Begins to Open Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. ^ JDD (3 September 2013). "Installation Sky Memory par Kozo Nishino au 4 World Trade Center". Journal du Design (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  6. ^ Colley, Claire (24 April 2018). "Japanese artist Kozo Nishino finishes public sculptures for National Arboretum". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 April 2023.