ONOSATO TOSHINOBU

• ONOSATO TOSHINOBU, Japanese abstract painter and artist. He established a mosaic-like geometric abstract style, working with silkscreen, lithograph, and woodcut techniques, and represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 1964 and 1966. Major Collections: Guggenheim Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

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  • SUGA KISHIO

    SUGA KISHIO, born in Iwate prefecture, a contemporary artist. His works are diverse, including sculptures and installations. He is a member of the "Mono-ha" group that emerged in the late 1960s to 70s. He boldly uses space and combines everyday objects such as wood, stone, and metal to create his works. Major collections: The Dallas Museum of Art, Tate Gallery, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Chiba City Museum of Art, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

  • SEKINE NOBUO

    SEKINE NOBUO, was born in 1942, is a Japanese sculptor currently living in both Tokyo, Japan, and Los Angeles, California. He is one of the key members of Mono-ha, a group of artists who became prominent in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Mono-ha artists explored the encounter between natural and industrial materials, such as stone, steel plates, glass, light bulbs, cotton, sponge, paper, wood, wire, rope, leather, oil, and water, arranging them in mostly unaltered, ephemeral states. The works focus as much on the interdependency of these various elements and the surrounding space as on the materials themselves.