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Graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts in 1960 and trained in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome between 1960 and 1962, Susumu Shingu, both painter, sculptor, researcher and philosopher of nature, s is gradually oriented towards sculpture and movement. He is considered one of the most important artists on the Japanese contemporary scene today and his monumental sculptures have been installed around the world over the past 40 years.

Inaugurated in 2021 in Sanda, near Osaka in Japan, in the presence of numerous personalities including the architect Tadao Ando, the Susumu Shingu Wind Museum is an open-air museum, in the heart of a vast natural space, where twelve sculptures are animate with the slightest breath, with the flow of water and wind, revealing the immaterial presence of air, this “atmospheric" material sculpted by the artist, highlighting his sensitive relationship to the world and an acute ecological awareness. The art of Susumu Shingu is also expressed through theatrical works, initiated in the 90s and presented, to the rhythm of the seasons, in this Wind Museum. He writes the dialogues, designs the direction and the costumes; the artist has also created around fifteen enchanted books and pop-ups for children, allowing people to see, feel and touch the beauty, grace and strength of nature. A sculptor of wind, water and gravity, Susumu Shingu borrows from the high technologies and talents of his time to create works in harmony with the secret rhythms of the planet. His work is thus nourished by frequent collaborations with renowned creators such as Issey Miyake, Jiři Kylián, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano with whom a real creative complicity has emerged over time. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in 2019, the Domaine National de Chambord, at the initiative of the gallery, dedicated a major personal exhibition to the artist, Susumu Shingu, a utopia of today today. The ecological dimension inherent in his work found a perfect echo in a field so fully dedicated to nature. In 2023, Susumu Shingu and Renzo Piano, were invited to present an exhibition together at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka. This exhibition entitled Parallel Lives celebrated the collaboration and friendship of the two creators, both born in the same year: 1937.


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All artworks of Susumu Shingu
Painting, Secret Door, Susumu Shingu

Secret Door

Susumu Shingu

Painting - 31.9 x 31.6 cm

$16,940

Sculpture, Stream of Time, Susumu Shingu

Stream of Time

Susumu Shingu

Sculpture - 143 x 146 x 146 cm

$36,138

Painting, Happiness, Susumu Shingu

Happiness

Susumu Shingu

Painting - 32.5 x 31.4 cm

$16,940

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Graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts in 1960 and trained in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome between 1960 and 1962, Susumu Shingu, both painter, sculptor, researcher and philosopher of nature, s is gradually oriented towards sculpture and movement. He is considered one of the most important artists on the Japanese contemporary scene today and his monumental sculptures have been installed around the world over the past 40 years.

Inaugurated in 2021 in Sanda, near Osaka in Japan, in the presence of numerous personalities including the architect Tadao Ando, the Susumu Shingu Wind Museum is an open-air museum, in the heart of a vast natural space, where twelve sculptures are animate with the slightest breath, with the flow of water and wind, revealing the immaterial presence of air, this “atmospheric" material sculpted by the artist, highlighting his sensitive relationship to the world and an acute ecological awareness. The art of Susumu Shingu is also expressed through theatrical works, initiated in the 90s and presented, to the rhythm of the seasons, in this Wind Museum. He writes the dialogues, designs the direction and the costumes; the artist has also created around fifteen enchanted books and pop-ups for children, allowing people to see, feel and touch the beauty, grace and strength of nature. A sculptor of wind, water and gravity, Susumu Shingu borrows from the high technologies and talents of his time to create works in harmony with the secret rhythms of the planet. His work is thus nourished by frequent collaborations with renowned creators such as Issey Miyake, Jiři Kylián, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano with whom a real creative complicity has emerged over time. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in 2019, the Domaine National de Chambord, at the initiative of the gallery, dedicated a major personal exhibition to the artist, Susumu Shingu, a utopia of today today. The ecological dimension inherent in his work found a perfect echo in a field so fully dedicated to nature. In 2023, Susumu Shingu and Renzo Piano, were invited to present an exhibition together at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka. This exhibition entitled Parallel Lives celebrated the collaboration and friendship of the two creators, both born in the same year: 1937.

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What is Susumu Shingu’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Op' Art, Emerging Asian Artists

When was Susumu Shingu born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1937