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Satoru Sato Art Museum
The
Satoru Sato Art Museum exhibits not only works of Satoru Sato, a molding artist
born in Tome City, but also constructive geometric paintings of his fellow
artists whom he met in Paris, where he has lived for a long time.
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“Satoru Sato:The Beginning of Straight Lines, 1965-79”This section displays 17 works selected from 350 pieces and produced between 1965 and 1979, which announce the beginning of straight lines in his art. They include pieces produced before going to Paris, abstract paintings (in oil) based on straight lines , produced at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and pieces (in acrylic color) exhibited in Tokyo and Paris. In addition to this, there are 6 small pieces in a Japanese-style room on the second floor and a cubic work in the back garden at the end of the entrance hall. |
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“Paintings by Straight Lines and Visual Art”This exhibition displays 63 pieces by Sato’s fellow artists on the third floor, selected from the collection, which are paintings using straight lines on a surface plain, relief, and objet, and works of visual art. In addition to this, a cubic work is displayed in the entrance hall. Here in these works, there lies the world of a straight line, or a world beyond the line. |
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Molding artist Satoru Sato has also produced many works of art to be installed
outside, like sculpture, which are called works of environment art. These
pieces are located at various places such as schools and parks in Tome City. |
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Now recruiting volunteers for the museum
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Satoru Sato Art Museum:
43 Tate Uwanuma Nakada Tome City in Miyagi
Tome City Community Education Center in Nakada 3 F