Osamu Kokufu: His Work and His Circle

Art Court Gallery

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Working with vehicular forms as a central motif, Osamu Kokufu created large-scale sculptural works that actually operate and carry out functions. While making use of various industrial products as work materials, he developed original design ideas and structural aesthetics, crafting components by hand. Kokufu’s form-creation philosophy and worldview became known as “Kokufumobil”, and his “moving sculptures”, which reached completion only upon being operated within actual landscapes, have continued to excite people’s imaginations with visions of future.
This exhibition presents 15 major works in which Kokufu was creating or harnessing wind, or traveling with the work itself, including “Robo Whale”, “Sailing Bike” and “Parabolic Garden”, along with 65 contributions from many of those in the art world who have supported and loved his work, from pieces in homage and collaborative creations to critiques and essays (37 artworks and 28 pieces of writing). While engaging in investigations of the continually fusing, opposing and circulating energies of machines and nature, Kokufu always sought the “future” from the “here and now”. A multifaceted delving into the work of Osamu Kokufu, with the potential to lead to the discovery of new points of view.

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Date: May.30 (Sat) 15:00-17:00
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