Kozo Nishino
Sky Memory
@ 4 World Trade Center, NY
Commission art work
2013
[ Sky Memory ], a new work by the sculptor Kozo Nishino, has been installed in the lobby of the new Fumihiko Maki designed 4 World Trade Center in New York City.
[ Sky Memory ] is a large-scale, thirty-meter (90 foot) diameter piece, that glistens with iridescent arcs running along its graceful form. Hovering serenely, Nishino’s sculpture fuses with the highly refined entrance space realized by architect Fumihiko Maki.
Outline of the art work
Artist name: Kozo Nishino
Work title: Sky Memory
Production period: 2009 – 2013
Materials: Titanium alloy
Size: Thirty meters in diameter (semicircle shape)
Total weight: Approximately 190 kilograms
Location: First floor entrance hall, 4 World Trade Center
(Architectural designed by Fumihiko Maki, MAKI AND ASSOCIATES)
Coordination: ARTCOURT Gallery / Cooperation: Spiral (Wacoal Art Center)
About the sculptor Kozo Nishino
Born in 1951, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Active as an artist since the 1980s. Working with metal materials such as titanium,
aluminum, stainless steel and iron, Nishino has produced a large number of grand-scale public artworks of superb visual beauty and
structural strength. Nishino’s works have been installed at sites in Tokyo, Seoul, Canberra and other locations around the world, and are held
in art museum collections such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and Shanghai’s Power Station of Art. In 2011, Nishino was
awarded the Shin Hongo Prize, and in 2012 exhibited at the 9th Shanghai Biennale.
▶ Kozo Nishino official website http://nishinokozo.com/