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Why should people pay attention when still life begins to move? Even the person who saw the still life should realize that concentrate his attention on it when it begins to move. It might be the influence of time which can not see. The person recognizes the flowing time when he seeing the still life. Therefore, his eyes can move to inside of his self from the real world. And creates an other time format of flowing of consideration. When the object which begins to move cut off the flowing of consideration (which was created to the inside), the time would get back to the real world.
In that sense, Takamichi Ito who keeps sticking to the kinetic sculpture might be a dreamer who is possessed to shape the invisible time. Kinetic art is so popular in these days. It regales the people by variety of mechanism like reaction of natural phenomena or automatic movement with motor. But most of those things are caught in the movement of the thing, cannot shape the invisible time. Without Takamichi Ito who transforms the time of eternity into the tracks of a graceful dance by the rotary motion of delicate and humorous curve shape of polished metal.
As for the time of eternity, it is the motif of expression that the Japanese-style painter Hiroko Ohno keep sticking to. However, the time of eternity for her is not a ruined time which was installed on an old style like Sansui(landscape) or Kachofugetsu(4 elements of nature). Not only the base of activity moved to New York but also she has the preeminent action power and footwork and flies to anywhere if it touches her concern. It might be led by consideration which is human cannot commune with the time of eternity without the real experience of "Right now, right here". As she has been valuing the experience of seeing the rising moon at sunset in African desert.
Because she has the consideration, her work has not been ruined though it painted with Japanese paints or folded on byobu(Japanese folding screen). The hanging scroll was arisen from the experience in the desert is a good example, that places the desert as a boundary between the moon and the sun which were contrasted on top and bottom. It is not mysterious that the experience leads her to motif of the space of eternity. She often sprinkled an innumerable white dot on the darkness screen to draw the Milky Way or the constellation. With that minimal expression, she cleared completely and sings the desire for the time of eternity.
Haruo.Sanda
Takamichi Ito
Hiroko Ohno
1939
Born in Sapporo, Island of Hokkaido, Japan.
1962
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
1964
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Gold Award.
1965
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Silver Award.
1966
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Bronze Award.
1967
Mainichi Industrial Design Prize.
1968
Special Prize, 1st Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
Contemporary Trends in Japanese Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
Contemporary Space-Environment and Light Exhibition, Kobe.
Contemporary Art of Japan, London.
1969
Honorable Award, 1st International Exhibition of Modern Sculpture, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone.
9th Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3rd Contemporary Sculpture of Japan Exhibition.
Electromagica '69, Sony Salon, Tokyo.
1970
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Bronze Award.
Asahi Press Award, 2nd Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale,
Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
Planning and display design, EXPO'70, Osaka; The Japanese Government Pavilion.
1972
Special Prize, 3rd Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
Graphic Image '72, Tokyo Central Museum of Art.
1973
Twenty Years of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Design Forum '73, Tokyo.
Graphic Image '73, Tokyo Central Museum of Art.
Grand Prize, 4th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
The Contemporary Sculptor 20, Tokyo Central Museum of Art.
Grand Prize, Grand prize the 2nd Exhibition, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone.
A View of Japanese Contemporary Art, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo.
Display design and production, EXPO'75, Okinawa; Mitsui Children's Science Pavilion.
13th Middelheim Biennale Exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium.
1976
US-JAPAN Conference for Culture and Educational Interchange, New York City.
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Award; Board of Education Award,
5th Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibition,, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
1977
"Kinetic Sculpture Exhibition" in Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe and Okayama.
Grand Prix Award, 3rd Exhibition, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone.
1979
Grand Prize, The 13th S.D.A Awrd.
Japan Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1980
Development of Contemporary Sculpture in Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture Gallery.
A Contemporary Image Exhibition, Yamagata Museum of Art.
1981
Most outstanding Award, The 15th S.D.A Award.
1985
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition "Exhibition of Kinetic Sculpture in Tokyo, Fukuoka and Sapporo"
1986
"Locus on Earth and Sky", Sapporo Art Park, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Kinetic Art: "Light-Dancing", San Diego, U.S.A.
Kinetic Art: "Airline" ANA Hotel Tokyo at Akasaka, Tokyo
1987
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition at Sapporo Art Park in Hokkaido.
1988
International Sculpture Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia.
High Technology Art Exhibition, Ta-chai City Museum, Ta-chai, Taiwan.
1989
The 1st International Biennale in Nagoya, ARTEC 89, Nagoya.
Directed planning and design of the Tokyo Sea Life Park, Kasai, Tokyo.
Urayasu Centenary Monument, Urayasu, Chiba.
1990
Sculpture: "Wind & Surface of Water "Toyako Sculpture Park, Hokkaido.
Gate Monument: "Light Gate", NEC, Mita, Tokyo.
Kinetic Art: "Galaxy", MBS Osaka Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., Osaka.
1991
Kinetic Art: "Stream-Encounter-Light", Shimane.
Designed the structure bearing the flame for the Sapporo Winter World Student Games.
Outstanding Award, Japan Display Design.
1992
Sculpture: "Breath-Spring / Autumn", New Chitose Airport, Chitose, Hokkaido.
1993
Monument of friendship between Aichi prefecture and Jiangsu, China"Gloval Ring", Nanjing, China.
Kinetic Art: "HAPPY MACHINE-Air", Sapporo Factory, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Sculpture: "Sky-Man-Line ", Hokkaido Postal Services Bureau, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Appointed Professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Opened the Ito Study Room.
1994
Outstanding Award, 14th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe
1995
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition: "Time by Reflection", The Hakone Open-AirMuseum, Hakone, Kanagawa
1996
Kinetic Art: "Light-in the Air", Tokyo General Work Center for Senior Citizens, Iidabashi, Tokyo.
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition , Marunouchi-Naka-Street Art Promenade, Marunouchi, Tokyo.
1997
Kinetic Art: "Energy from the Sun", Tokaimura new government office building, Ibaraki.
Kinetic Art: "4 Rotating", Tong Young International Sculpture Symposium, Korea.
Kinetic Art: "A pair peal"Herbis Osaka, Osaka.
1998
Spatial Sculpture: "Line of Light-Snowy Wind", Echigo National Hill Park, Nagaoka, Niigata.
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition: "Reflected Time", The Iwate Open Air Museum, Iwate.
1999
Kinetic Art: "Dancing-Wind-Light", Shimane Art Museum, Shimane.
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition: "Rotating Time", Takaoka Art Museum, Toyama.
2000
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition:Jo Hyun Gallery,Pusan,Korea
2001
Work Collection of International Sculpture Exhibition on Theme Park Yanqing Chaina 2001
Present
Honorary professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts
Born in Tokyo, Japan
Moved to New York 2004, Lives and works in New York City
1982
BFA Musashino Art University
Received Award of Excellence for graduation project
1984
MFA Musashino Art University
Received Award of Excellence for course completion project
1985
Miyuki Gallery (Tokyo)
1986
Received Ryushi Kawabata Exhibition Award of Excellence
1988
Tamaya Gallery (Tokyo)
1992
Gallery Art Point (Tokyo)
Gallery Pictures (Tokyo)
1993
Received "Meguro Gajoen Museum Award" and "General Judge's Special Award" in Meguro Gajoen Art Prize
1995
Collected Works of Hiroko Ohno published by Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co. (A revised edition published in '98)
Honma Museum (Yamagata)
1996
Yokohama Takashimaya (Kanagawa, also in '00 '06)
1997
Nihonbashi Takashimaya (Tokyo, also in '98,'02, '05)
1998
JM art centre Yebo Gallery (Namibia)
1999
Radio House Gallery (New York)
2000
"The World of Beauty -- Hiroko Ohno" televised on NTV
2001
"The Morning of Beauty -- Hiroko Ohno" televised on NHK
2002
Kalart Gallery (San Francisco)
2003
Completed work that was commissioned in 2002 for the president's drawing room of Tokyo University Yasuda Auditorium
HakoneGardens (Silicon Valley, Saratoga)
2005
Desbrosses Gallery (New York)
2006
Exhibited large paintings for concert, sponsored by Columbia University's Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and held in President's Room of Columbia University Faculty House, (New York)
2007〜08
Juvenal Rai Studio, Open Studio (Queens, New York)
2007
Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York (Susan Eley Fine Arts,Pear92, New York)
Bridge Art Fair Miami (Susan Eley Fine Arts,Catalina Hotel, Miami)
Land [e]scape (Onishin Gallery, New York) curated by Eric Shiner. This is one of the related exhibitions of Making a Home (Japan Society100 Anniversary) which is held at Japan Society Gallery.
2008
Exhibited works at MIKIMOTO (America) Co., Ltd. (from 2006 New York)
Red Dot Art Fair New York (Susan Eley Fine Arts,Park South Hotel, New York)
"Implant" Curated by Jodie Jacobson (UBS Art Gallery, New York)
-Space of Eternity- Takamichi Ito + Hiroko Ohno (DOKA Contemporary Arts, Tokyo)
Present
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