is a Japanese artist and sculptor.
Endō was born in 1950 in
Takayama, Gifu. He graduated from Nagoya Junior College of Art and Design in 1972.
He exhibited at
Documenta 8
documenta 8 was the eighth edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 12 June and 20 September 1987 in Kassel, West Germany. The artistic director was Manfred Schneckenburger.documenta 8 Katalog: Ba ...
in 1987 and at the
Venice Biennale in 1990.
Works
Endō is one of Japan's leading sculptors, and his large-scale, realistic works are highly regarded in Japan and other countries. He transcends the boundaries of
Mono-ha Mono-ha (もの派) is the name given to an art movement led by Japanese and Korean artists of 20th-century. The Mono-ha artists explored the encounter between natural and industrial materials, such as stone, steel plates, glass, light bulbs, cotton ...
and publishes works that question the life and death of human beings and the origin of art.
He also uses materials such as wood, water, soil and so on to create works that question the fundamental meaning of matter.
Books
* ''空洞説: 現代彫刻という言葉'' ISBN 9784901646307 (2017)
* ''藤利克―聖性の考古学'' ISBN 9784773817164 (2017)
* ''Earth, Air, Fire, Water: The Sculpture of Toshikatsu Endo'', ISBN 9780906860175 (1981)
References
External links
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1950 births
20th-century Japanese sculptors
21st-century Japanese sculptors
Living people
Artists from Gifu Prefecture
Date of birth missing (living people)
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