Yasuo Mizui
| Yasuo Mizui | |
|---|---|
In front of Yoyogi National Gymnasium
(the building is under construction) in 1964 |
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| Born |
3 May 1925 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | 3 September 2008 (aged 83) Apt, France |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater |
Kobe University Tokyo University of the Arts École des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | Stone sculpture Metagraphie |
| Notable work |
Walls of Fossiles Japan Macrocosm and Microcosm France Key of Love Germany Echo of laugh US etc. |
| Awards | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur)(France·1985) |
Yasuo Mizui (水井 康雄 Mizui Yasuo?, 30 May 1925 – 3 September 2008) was a Japanese stone sculptor who lived in France. He prefers abstract form in public sculpture within architectural contexts and took part in several symposia on sculpture in Europe, the US, Israel, and Japan.
Yasuo Mizui entered into Kobe University in 1944. During World War II, he worked as technician at a company and learned casting. After his graduation in 1947, he entered Tokyo University of the Arts and majored in Sculpture. He was taught by Kazuo Kikuchi and Hirakushi Denchū. The reason of shifting his interest from mechanical engineering to sculpture was because he hoped of possibility of power of art, which has no frontier nor war and he chose "Art casting – Casting daibutsu" as his thesis.
After graduation from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1953, he obtained a scholarship from French government to study further at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris from 1953 to 1958, where he learned monumental art and sculpture from Alfred Janniot and Marcel Gimond. He apprenticed Apel·les Fenosa from 1954 to 1958 while studying at the university. While visiting the atelier, Fenosa assigned Mizui to create one piece of work made by clay every day upon his arrival. After several months, Mizui felt despair from his own creativity. However, he managed to create one at the last minute. This experience helped his subsequent career to attend the International Sculpture Symposium and to create large monumental works under the French program 1% for art.
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