Takashi Naraha

Mandala by Takashi Naraha in Kalmar

Sculpture by Takashi Naraha at the entrance to Vreten station of the Tunnelbanan (subway) in Stockholm

Takashi Naraha ( Japanese 楢 葉 雍 , Naraha Takashi ; * 1930 in Mito , Japan ) is a Japanese sculptor .

life and work

Takashi Naraha lived in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture on the island of Honshu in Japan . From 1950 to 1955 he studied sculpture at the Musashino Art School in Tokyo . He held his first solo exhibition in 1967 at the Kunugi Gallery in Tokyo. In 1973/1974 he took part in a sculpture symposium in Östra Göinge, Sweden, in the Skåne region. When he saw the stone black and Swedish , its creation by a gangue , discovered for himself in the quarry Hägghult in Lönsboda decided is won, he in 1975 in Sweden to stay to with this black granite most of his geometric - abstract to elaborate works . The shapes chosen by him are mandala and circle , in space cubes , pyramids and cylinders .

Works (selection)

• Valvbro - Basalt, Älmhults torg on the market square in Älmhult
• Kosmos (1981) - Basalt, Västra Boulevarden in Kristianstad
• 17 cube objects, including Himmelen av kub (1985), Vreten subway station in Stockholm
• Structure (1985), Linköpings Läns Museum in Linköping
• The power of water (1987), Kennedyplatz in Gelsenkirchen
• Stone sculpture (1988) - granite , Lastageplatsen in Kristianstad
• Mandala - (1991) - Basalt, Östra Piren in Karlshamn
• Mandala (1992) - granite, bastion in Gothenburg
• Structure-Cercle (1993) - Gabbro , Société Générale d'art contemporain collection, Paris
• Boule erratique ou Fenêtre , Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot collection in Parc Montjuzet in Clermont-Ferrand
• Structure spiral (1993) - granite, Kyrkogatan / Nygatan in Eskilstuna
• Structure mandala (1994) - granite, Ludwig Museum in the Deutschherrenhaus in Koblenz
• Structure-88-J-1 (1998), Umeå
• Mandala (2001) - Basalt, Slottsparken in Kalmar
• 2 sculptures Sculpture Park Galleri Astley Sculpture Park in the municipality Uttersberg , Skinnskatteberg
• Sculptuur X - granite, Inom Vallgraven in Gothenburg

Photo gallery

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  Kosmos (1981), Kristianstad

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  Structure (1985), Linköping

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  Mandala (1991), Karlshamn

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  Structure Mandala (1994), Koblenz

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  Boule erratique ou Fenêtre , Clermont-Ferrand

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  The power of water , Gelsenkirchen

Web links

Commons : Takashi Naraha  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Takashi Naraha: Le diabas et moi ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. April 1995 
2. ↑ Naturstenskompaniet International: Hägghult . at www.scandinavianstone.com (English)
3. ↑ turism.skanenordost ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (PDF; 1.2 MB): Stenrikret (with a sketch of the sculpture) 
4. ↑ collectionsocietegenerale.com : Takashi Naraha
5. ↑ Ludwig Museum Koblenz: Expositie "Naraha, Sculptures and Stone Installations" in 2005
6. ↑ Figure: Structure in Umeå
7. ^ Illustration of the sculpture in Gothenburg