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Masatoyo Kishi BIOGRAPHY
1924 Sakai, Japan - 2017 Grass Valley, California. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, geometric steel sculpture.
Following is an exhibition review by Debra Belt, published in the Sacramento News, April 20, 2000. "The science of sculpture. Masatoyo Kishi at b sakata garo" . Within minutes, a deep clear bell... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review by Debra Belt, published in the Sacramento News, April 20, 2000. "The science of sculpture. Masatoyo Kishi at b sakata garo" . Within minutes, a deep clear bell confirms this is an exceptional show. The sound leads to a slender sculpture, a steel study of... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review by Debra Belt, published in the Sacramento News, April 20, 2000. "The science of sculpture. Masatoyo Kishi at b sakata garo" . Within minutes, a deep clear bell confirms this is an exceptional show. The sound leads to a slender sculpture, a steel study of composition, meter and balance. Water circulates through the base of Sculptural Bell and fills a delicately balanced trough. At the moment the trough is brimming with water, it then tips backward and flips a... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review by Debra Belt, published in the Sacramento News, April 20, 2000. "The science of sculpture. Masatoyo Kishi at b sakata garo" . Within minutes, a deep clear bell confirms this is an exceptional show. The sound leads to a slender sculpture, a steel study of composition, meter and balance. Water circulates through the base of Sculptural Bell and fills a delicately balanced trough. At the moment the trough is brimming with water, it then tips backward and flips a small mallet that hits the main steel pipe in a resonant note of creative precision. The Sculptural Bell is a testimony to Masatoyo Kishi's education in physics and mathematics. "As a Japanese artist in the 1905s in Tokyo, I didn't go to art school,"... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review by Debra Belt, published in the Sacramento News, April 20, 2000. "The science of sculpture. Masatoyo Kishi at b sakata garo" . Within minutes, a deep clear bell confirms this is an exceptional show. The sound leads to a slender sculpture, a steel study of composition, meter and balance. Water circulates through the base of Sculptural Bell and fills a delicately balanced trough. At the moment the trough is brimming with water, it then tips backward and flips a small mallet that hits the main steel pipe in a resonant note of creative precision. The Sculptural Bell is a testimony to Masatoyo Kishi's education in physics and mathematics. "As a Japanese artist in the 1905s in Tokyo, I didn't go to art school," says Kishi. "Japanese artists studied literature, economics, science; then you explored art." After his... Read full biography
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Following is an exhibition review by Debra Belt, published in the Sacramento News, April 20, 2000.
"The science of sculpture. Masatoyo Kishi at b sakata garo"
Within minutes, a deep clear bell confirms this is an exceptional show. The sound leads to a slender sculpture, a steel study of composition, meter and balance. Water circulates through the base of Sculptural Bell and fills a delicately balanced trough. At the moment the trough is brimming with water, it then tips backward and flips a small mallet that hits the main steel pipe in a resonant note of creative precision.
The Sculptural Bell is a testimony to Masatoyo Kishi's education in physics and mathematics. "As a Japanese artist in th...But wait, there's more...
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