Nobuo Sekine

Nobuo Sekine (関根伸夫, Sekine Nobuo; September 19, 1942 – May 13, 2019), was a Japanese sculptor. He was one of the key members of Mono-ha, a group of artists who became known in the late 1960s and 1970s. He was born in Saitama, Japan. In October 1968, he created his best known work Phase: Mother Earth in Kobe’s Suma Rikyu Park for the First Open Air Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition (第一回野外彫刻展).

Sekine died on May 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 76.

Nobuo Sekine Media

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  "Phase—Sponge", 1968Steel plate, sponge130 x 120 x 120 cm Installation view at 5th Nagaoka Contemporary Art Museum Prize (first prize), Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, November 16–27, 1968.Courtesy of the artistPhoto by Eizaburō Hara

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  "Phase of Nothingness—Water", 1969 Steel, lacquer, water 30 x 220 x 160 cm, 120 x 120 x 120 cm*Installation view at the 9th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, May 10–30, 1969.Courtesy of the artist

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  "Phase of Nothingness—Oilclay", 1969, Oilclay Dimensions variableInstallation view at Tokyo Gallery, April 18 - May 2, 1969.Courtesy of the artistPhoto by Nobuo Sekine