Yasuo Mizui

Yasuo Mizui (1964) in Japan

Yasuo Mizui ( Japanese 水井 康 雄 , Mizui Yasuo ; born May 30, 1925 in Kyoto Prefecture , Japan; † September 3, 2008 in Apt in France) was a Japanese sculptor who lived and worked in France.

life and work

Yasuo Mizui studied technology and art at the University of Kobe after the Second World War . In 1953 he went to Paris and studied sculpture with Alfred Jannot at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts . One of his fellow students was César Baldaccini . From 1954 to 1958 he assisted the Catalan sculptor Apel·les Fenosa in his studio on Rue Saint Jacques. Fenosa was influenced by Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau . In 1955 Mizui exhibited for the first time in Paris at the Galerie Volnay .

In the 1960s and 1970s, Mizui took part as a stone sculptor in numerous sculpture symposiums in Israel, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan and the USA. He was a participant in the first two German international sculptors symposia in 1961, the Kaisersteinbruch sculptor symposium in Gaubüttelbrunn in Lower Franconia and the symposium of European sculptors 1961–1963 in Berlin. With Karl Prantl , Herbert Baumann , Morice Lipsi and Hiromi Akiyama , he was a member of the jury of the Vyšné Ružbachy sculptor symposium in Okres Stará Ľubovňa in Slovakia in 1964 . In 1985, Minister Jack Lang received the Order of Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .

In 1985 he fulfilled Seita Ohnishi's wish to design a monument for James Dean, whom she admired . Together they visited Cholame , California , where Dean was killed in a car accident in 1955.

From 1985 Mizui worked with students at Savannah College of Art and Design on a project in Lacoste (Vaucluse) , where he set up a studio and lived there from 1997 until the end of his life.

Work (selection)

France

※ still there

• Amiral: horse head // Amiral: tête de cheval （bronze / 1.2mx 0.9 × 0.6 / 1963 / Bois de Boulogne Paris）
• Drawing with the iron spatula - 3 pieces（1966、72、74 / MUDO - Museum of the Oise Beauvais）
• Macrocosm Mikrokosmos // Macrocosme Microcosme （stone / 1,3, mx 81 × 0,4 / 1968 / Village Olympique de Grenoble pour Olympic Winter Games 1968 , sculpture symposium）
• Flower of the Midi // Fleur du Midi （stone / 3m x 1x 1/1968 / CES d ' Hyères）
• Petrified water jet // Jet d'eau pétrifiée （stone / 3.2mx 8 × 8/1968 / University of Bordeaux）
• Sea // La mer （stone / 1.3mx 15 × 0.35 / 1970 / CES de Châteauroux）
• Mistral // Le mistral （stone / 2.5 mx 70x 0.4 / 1970 / CES de Gardanne）
• Birth // Une naissance （stone / 1.3mx 36 × 0.35 / 1970 / Institut universitaire de technologie de Paris）
• Sun - Forest - Feast // Soleil - Forêt - Fête （stone / 1.3m x 36 × 0.35 / 1970 / École maternelle de Avenue de Versailles, Paris）
• Kosmos // Cosmos （stone / 15m x 18 × 0.06 / 1970 / Cité Technique de Villefranche-sur-Saône）
• Meeting point // Le point de rencontre （stone, marble / 1m x 3 × 3/1971 / École maternelle de Avenue de Versailles, Paris）
• Dialog // Dialogue （stone / 3.7mx 2 × 0.8 / 1971 / Université de Metz la Faculté des lettre）　
• The wall opens // Le mur qui s'ouvre （beton / 4.5mx 13 × 1.4 / 1972 / Lycée Louis Bascan de Rambouillet）
• Source of vitality // Source de vitalité （stein / 3m x 5 × 1/1973 / Lycée Louis Bascan de Rambouillet）
• Sun Guard // Gardien du soleil （stone / 4m x 1 × 1/1973 / Groupe Scolaire de Vigneux-sur-seine）
• Symbol of life // Le signe de la vie （stein / 3m x 16 × 2.5 / 1973 / Lycée Technique d ' Angoulême）
• Crest Ⅱ // Les crêtes Ⅱ （stone / 2 mx 5.5 × 1.5 / 1974 / CED de Montfort-l'Amaury）
• The tips // Les cimes （stone / 3m x 6 × 0.6 / 1974 / CES d ' Oullins , Lyon）
• The germ door // La porte de germination （stone / 5m x 3 × 0.8 / 1975 / Lycée Technique de Dombasle）
• La Sâon // La Sâon （stone / 2.5mx 25 × 0.5 / 1975 / Cité Technique de Villefranche-sur-Saône）
• One round // Une ronde （stone /3.4mx 5.6 × 2.6 / 1976 / Cité Technique de Colmar）
• Wisdom // Sagesse （stone / 4m x 2.7 × 0.6 / 1976 / Campus de l'École polytechnique de Palaiseau）
• Windbreaker // Coupe-Vent （stone / 2m x 38 × 0.35 / 1976 / Lycée Châteaubriant de Rennes）　
• Water curtain // Rideau d'eau （béton / 3.2mx 11 × 0.3 / 1977 / Fontaine de la Place de Quatre saisons, Val-de-Reuil）
• Festival of the Sea // Fête de Mer （stein / 1.3mx 20 × 0.35 / 1977 / CES de Bourbourg）
• Oscillo step // Oscillo-escalier （stone / 2m x 6 × 1.3 / 1977 / Politique des villes nouvelles françaises, Établissement public d'aménagement de Lille-Est）
• Oscillo cascade Ⅱ // Oscillo cascade Ⅱ （stone / 3mx 12 × 3.5 / 1977 / Université de Nancy la Faculté des Sciences）
• Trickling fountain // Fontaine au filet d'eau （beton / 2m x 2/1978 / Politique des villes nouvelles françaises, Établissement public d'aménagement de Lille-Est）
• Arch of the cloud // Arc du Nuage （stone / 3.6 mx 5.6 × 1.6 / 1978 / Lycée Michel-Montaigne de Bordeaux avec Jacques Barge）
• The eye of the cyclone // L'œil du Cyclone （stone / 2.4mx 3 × 0.6 / 1980 / Collège A.Sisley de L'Île-Saint-Denis）
• Oscillo-Crest // Oscillo-Crêtes （stone / 2.4mx 7.5 × 1.8 / 1981 / École de santé des armées de Lyon , Bron）
• Arch on Earth // Arc en Terre （stein / 2.5mx 3.6 × 1.1 / 1982 / Lattes , Montpellier）
• Hope wall // Le mur de l'espoir (stone / 13m x 4.5 × 1.2 / 1989 / Lacoste )

Japan

※ still there

• 《石 凧》Stone Kite（stone / 2.6mx 1 × 0.5 / 1963 / Watanabe Memorial Park, Yamaguchi Prefecture）
• 《道 無》MIchinashi（stone / 2m x 1 × 0.9 / 1963 / PL Kyodan, Osaka Prefecture , Sculpture Symposium Japan, Asahi Shimbun）
• 《余韻 の 化石》The walls of fossil（granite / 2mx 93 × 0.3 / 1964 / Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyōgijō , Olympic Summer Games 1964）
• 《き た ぎ》Kitagi（stone / 2.3mx 1 × 0.5 / 1964 / Kitagishima, Yamaguchi Prefecture）
• 《石 の と び ら》Rideau stone（stone / 2m x 0.6 × 0.7 / 1969 / Hakone Open Air Museum , Kanagawa Prefecture）
• 《五 合 目標》 End stop（stone / 1m x 2 × 0.4 / 1969 / Hakone Open Air Museum , Kanagawa Prefecture）
• 《複 揺》Oscillo-complex（stone / 3m x 1.3 × 1.2 / 1981 / Hakone-Open-Air-Museum , Nagano Prefecture , Grand Prix Henry Moore）
• 《デ ー ト 6》Six points（Indian sandstone / 7m x 2.2 × 2 - 16 × 32/1985 / Kobe）
• 《オ シ ロ ・ コ ン プ レ ッ ク ス Ⅱ》Oscillo-complex Ⅱ Marble / 2m x 0.8 × 0.7 / 1986 / Sapporo Sculpture Park, Sapporo）
• 《笑 石 Ⅱ》The stone that laughs Ⅱ（granite / 2m x 0.65 × 0.6 / 1987 / Keion Temple, Nara）
• 《希望 の 扉》Gate of Hope（Indian sandstone, granite / 2.5mx 2 × 0.7 / 1987 / Okayama Prefecture）
• 《石 順》Jijun（Travertine Turkey / 1.2mx 1.1 × 0.5 / 1987 / Gifu Keizai University, Gifu Prefecture）
• 《石 は 呼 ぶ》stone calls me（granite / 3m x 0.95 × 0.95 / 1987 / Gifu Keizai University, Gifu Prefecture）
• "綾柱" fir column (granite / 3m x 0.95 x 0.95 / 1991 / Sibukawa Hall culturelle, Shibukawa , Gunma Prefecture )
• 《水 登》Water jet（Indian sandstone, granite / 6m x 1.1 × 1.1 / 1992 / Ōgaki , Gifu Prefecture）
• 《球 登 Ⅰ》Rosary Ⅰ（granite / 3m x 1.1 × 0.95 / 1992 / Ōgaki, Parc Sanjo, Gifu Prefecture）
• 《舞》Dance（granite / 1.2mx 0.4 × 0.4 / 1996 / Parc Tokonamé, Tokoname , Aichi Prefecture）

Other countries

※ still there

• The key to heaven （stone / 3.8mx 0.8 × 0.85 / 1960 / St Margarethen, Austria , symposium, postponed to Zollikon , Zurich , Switzerland）
• Key of love （stone / 4m x 0.9 × 0.6 / 1962 / Berlin , sculpture symposium）
• Summer in Berlin （stone / 2m x 0.7 × 0.7 / 1962 / Berlin）
• Winter in Berlin （stone / 1.3mx 0.6 × 0.6 / 1963 / Berlin）
• Tribute to Negev （marble / 3.7mx 1.7 × 0.6 / 1962 / Neguev, Israel , Sculpture Symposium）
• Terminal Ⅱ （marble / 2.5mx 1 × 1,2 / 1961 / Partoroz, Yugoslavia , sculpture symposium）
• Terminal Ⅲ （marble / 2.5mx 0.8 × 0.9 / 1961 / Kirchheim (Unterfranken) , Germany , sculpture symposium）
• Tribute to Tatra （stone / 3.5mx 3x 0.65 / 1966 / Ruzbachy, Czechoslovakia , sculpture symposium）
• Three tracks （marble / 2m x 3 × 0.9 / 1968 / Vermont , US）
• Cascade of light (limestone / 4.3m x 0.9 x 1.0 / 1969 / The 1st International Sculpture Symposium, Federsee Sculpture Field Oggelshausen Germany)
• The Echo of Laughter （marble / 2.3mx 1.8 × 1/1973 / Fondation Lannan, Palm Beach , USA）
• white smoke （stone / 3.1mx 1.1 × 0.9 / 1975 / Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum, Antwerp , Belgium）

gallery

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  The James Dean Monument in Cholame from Mizui

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  The sculpture was created in 1969/1970 on the occasion of the Oggelshausen sculpture symposium

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  Untitled (1961/62) in Berlin

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  Key of love / Berlin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A Tribute By Seita Ohnishi . Retrieved July 28, 2010 (English)
2. ↑ Le sculpteur japonais a installé dans son jardin de sa propriété de Lacoste un gigantesque mémorial à la gloire de James Dean. Ref. La Provence , édition du 27 June 2008.
3. ↑ Ministère de la Culture: [ = mus% C3% A9e + de + l% 27Oise Ministère de la Culture] .
4. ↑ village olympique grenoble Retrieved on February 17, 2016 (French)
5. ↑ de Bordeaux  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed February 17, 2016 (French)  
6. ↑ Google Retrieved February 17, 2016 (French)
7. ↑ Yasuo Mizui, 50ans de Sculpture , 2003, p.4 (French, Japanese)
8. ↑ Oscillo-escalier, villeneuve d'ascq ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2016 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. Retrieved February 17, 2016 (French) 
9. ↑ architecture organique d'influence wrightienne Retrieved on February 17, 2016 (French)
10. ↑ | fontaine Retrieved on February 17, 2016 (French)
11. ↑ Universiade ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2015 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 February 17, 2016 (Japanese) 
12. ↑ Gifu Keizai University  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 17, 2016 (Japanese)  
13. ↑ Yasuo Mizui, 50ans de Sculpture , 2003, p.126 (French, Japanese)
14. ↑ Three tracks. Accessed February 18, 2016 (English)
15. ↑ Community of Oggelshausen Retrieved on August 22, 2018
16. ↑ Mizui ( Memento of the original from February 18, 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. Accessed February 18, 2016  
17. ↑ Yasuo Mizui, 50ans de Sculpture , 2003, p.118 (French, Japanese)

Web links

Commons : Yasuo Mizui  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website Riches Heures du Patrimoine: Yasuo Mizui (French)
• James Dean Memorial: Yashuo Mizui (French)