Osamu Nakajima

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Osamu Nakajima in Gusen

Osamu Nakajima (born March 12, 1937 in Kaijyo near Nagasaki , Japan ; † April 2013 in Langenstein ) was a Japanese- Austrian stone sculptor .

Life

Osamu Nakajima's studio in Gusen

Nakajima graduated from the Musashino Academy of Fine Arts , Tokyo , in 1962 with Yoshitatsu Yanagihara .

The artist, who is married to Sakuyo, stayed in 1969 on the occasion of a visit to one of the stone carving symposia in Mauthausen-Gusen in Upper Austria . After moving from Japan in 1970, he lived and worked with his family in Langenstein for a long time , and later in Linz.

In 1974 he became a member of the Society of Fine Artists Austria, Künstlerhaus Wien and from 1977 he belonged to the artists' association MAERZ in Linz .

In 1982 he received Austrian citizenship.

Works

Vienna Water World memorial (1993)

His monochrome stone sculptures are based on basic geometric shapes and rational principles of order, which, however, find new and unfamiliar solutions.

He is one of the first artists who were also able to realize pure abstraction for sculptures in public spaces . Examples of this are fountains for the Vienna Water World (1993) and in front of the Linz City Hall (1985). Works in public space and in public collections can be found in various Austrian, Swiss, Japanese and German cities.

The art critics saw Osamu Nakajima's work in tension with meditative and constructive tendencies on the one hand and the development of European stone carving on the other hand, stressing its relevant individual position.

Exhibitions

Large museum presentations were made

Awards

  • City of Vienna Prize for Fine Art - Sculpture (1985)
  • Culture Medal of the City of Linz (1999)
  • Kubin Prize of the Province of Upper Austria (2006)
Society of Visual Artists Austria, Künstlerhaus Vienna
  • Gold Medal of Honor of the Austrian Society of Fine Artists, Künstlerhaus Vienna (1974)
  • Large gold medal of honor of the Austrian Society of Fine Artists, Künstlerhaus Vienna (1979)
  • Golden Laurel of the Society of Fine Artists Austria, Künstlerhaus Vienna
Competitions
  • 1st prize in fountain competitions organized by the municipality of Marchtrenk (1985) and the Technical College and Federal Commercial School for the Physically Disabled, Vienna (1986)
  • Artistic design competition, Austria Tabak Research Center, Vienna (1993)
  • 1st prize monument competition, Ebelsberg cemetery , failed (1994)

literature

  • Inge Dick : Osamu Nakajima. Catalog for the exhibition in Upper Austria. Landesgalerie from March 10 to April 17, 1994. Concept and scientific supervision: Peter Assmann, Upper Austria. Landesmuseum (Ed.), Linz, 1994.
  • Christina Hainzl: Japanese simplicity, clear geometric shapes. In: Kulturbericht Oberösterreich. Vol. 58, volume 6, p. 13, Linz, 2004.
  • Inga Kleinknecht, Gunther Herbsthofer (eds.), Carl Aigner , Peter Baum , Martin Hochleitner , Tadao Tsuruta (employees): Osamu Nakajima: A sculptor between Asian and European mentality. Weitra 2012, ISBN 978-3-99028-161-1 .

Web links

Commons : Osamu Nakajima  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Osamu Nakajima. In: Website Künstlerhaus Wien
  2. ^ Silent messenger of culture Osamu Nakajima has died. In: Upper Austrian news. April 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Osamu Nakajima. In: Web presence of the city of Linz
  4. ↑ Osamu Nakajima. In: Web presence of the art collection of the state of Upper Austria
  5. ↑ Peter Assmann: Osamu Nakajima. In: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, series - Understand art. 11th September 2013.
  6. ↑ Osamu Nakajima - A sculptor between Asian and European mentality. ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Exhibition and catalog 2012/2013, In: Web presence of the art collection of the State of Upper Austria @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diekunstsammlung.at
personal data
SURNAME Nakajima, Osamu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese-Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaijyo , Japan
DATE OF DEATH April 2013
Place of death Langenstein (Upper Austria)