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2018
Animal 2017-01-B2 (bear)
On September 2nd a 1.5 ton, 3m tall bear of enormous proportions was placed in front of Shinro-tei for the public to view. It was created by Atsuhiko Misawa as an homage to the Dogo Zoo that was once in the park ground. The bear will forever watch over the main Dogo Onsen building with its overpowering presence.
- Time:
September 2, 2017 ~ February 28, 2019
- Location:
In front of Shinro-tei
Atsuhiko MisawaSculptor, born in Kyoto, 1961.
After graduating from the Department of Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts in 1987 and finishing his master’s program at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, he started his famed work of wooden life-sized animal sculptures in 2000. The same year, he presented his works at the Nishimura Gallery (Tokyo) in a solo exhibition (’02, ’03, ’05, ’07, ’12, ’16). Recipient of the 20th Hirakushi Denchu Award in 2001. Publication of ANIMALS (by Kyuryudo) in 2002. Recipient of the 15th Takashimaya Art Award in 2005. From 2007 to 2008, Misawa conducted a round tour of 5 museums, including the Hiratsuka Museum of Art. ANIMALS+ was published the same year (Kyuryudo). Since then, Misawa has opened solo exhibitions at the Sogo Museum of Art (Yokohama), Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Kirishima Open Air Museum, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Takamatsu Municipal Museum, Iwate Museum of Art and many others. In 2013, ANIMALS No.3 was published (Kyuryudo) as well as Dobutsu no e (Seigensha). Currently he works as a Specially Appointed Professor at the Musashino Art University, Department of Sculpture. He resides in Kanagawa.
