Tomitaro Nachi

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"Windspiel" (1986) by Tomitaro Nachi in Erlangen

Tomitaro Nachi ( Japanese 名 知 富 太郎 Nachi Tomitarō; * May 7, 1924 in Yokohama ; † March 7, 2007 in Ulm ) was a Japanese- German artist who became known for his kinetic objects of light and movement.

life and work

Tomitaro Nachi was born in Yokohama in 1924 and was an aircraft designer and test pilot . From 1947 to 1961 he carried out teaching and research activities in the fields of painting , sculpture , product design and architecture at the University of Tokyo and the University of Chiba . Tomitarō Nachi came to Ulm in 1961 to work as a freelancer at the Ulm School of Design . Its central theme was infinity .

He went public with numerous renowned exhibitions in which he showed objects , drawings and pictures. He calls a series from 1964 Indian ink on stone . As the discoverer of light kinetics , a term that he coined, he creates visual experiences. The light lights up, goes out, rotates, flows, sparkles, scurries and pulsates.

Nachi placed a number of his works in public spaces such as B. Infinite in front of the Ulm Museum and another work with the title Infinite on the university campus in Kempten (Allgäu) (1991), Windflügel in Huchting (Bremen) , the Windspiel in Erlangen and his best-known work Windflügel in front of the Schilksee Olympic Center in Kiel . A fanned-out aluminum disc has been rotating in 31 circular, stacked rings, above the foundation stone shaft of the University of Ulm on the upper Eselsberg (Ulm) since 1976.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Group exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 288 f .
  • Nachi, Tomitaro . In: Supreme Building Authority Munich (Hrsg.): Bildwerk Bauwerk Artwork - 30 years of art and state building in Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7654-2308-4 , p. 90, 104-105, 184, 232-233 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Light kinetic objects eArt Tomitaro Nachi Retrieved on May 1, 2013
  2. ↑ Tomitaro Nachi died at the age of 82.Retrieved May 1, 2013
  3. ↑ Sculpture Guide Ulm ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 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. (PDF; 1.5 MB) Retrieved May 1, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.proarte-ulmer-kunststiftung.de
  4. ↑ Ulmer Kunstpfad. Accessed on May 1, 2013
  5. ↑ Ingrid Haese in kn-online Sailing without the Schilksee is almost unthinkable ( memento of the original from September 25, 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. Retrieved May 1, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kn-online.de
personal data
SURNAME Nachi, Tomitaro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese-German artist (kinetic light and movement objects)
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Yokohama
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2007
Place of death Ulm