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Shingu

Shingu

Message from Nature

By (author) Susumu Shingu

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  •  A monograph that provides a complete portrait of Shingu’s diverse career
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Although originally trained as a painter, Shingu became interested in sculpture when he saw one of his shaped canvases turning softly in the wind. The work that followed relied on natural forces to make it move or make sound, and he began using more sophisticated materials for outdoor works. By the time of Expo ’70 in Osaka, Shingu had been commissioned to create a piece for the plaza. It contained many of the elements he would use later: parts of it were moved by both wind and water, in some ways harnessing their power but also buffeted by it. His work walks the fine line between complementing nature and being an integral part of it. The pieces, though large, colourful, and usually made of modern materials, adopt nature’s rhythms in their movement.

Shingu’s sculpture is found around the world, from Japan to France, Italy, and the United States. In addition to creating sculptures, he has written and illustrated several children’s books and designed several theatre pieces that integrate his sculptures and installations with dramatic stories. All of these endeavours are collected here — along with the artist’s comments on many of the sculptures, essays by Pierre Restany and Renzo Piano, and an interview with Joseph Giovannini — in a monograph that provides a complete portrait of Shingu’s diverse career.

Specifications
Publisher
Abbeville Press
ISBN
9780789203809
Published
1st Apr 2000
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia
Size
312 mm x 287 mm
Pages
287 Pages
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