Nobuo Sekine

Nobuo Sekine
Born	1942 Saitama
Nationality	Japanese
Movement	Mono-ha
Works	Phase-Mother Earth

Nobuo Sekine is a Japanese artist, known for his participation in the Mono-ha movement. He was born in Saitama, Japan, in 1942. His "Phase of Nothingness", was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1970

Phase-Mother Earth

Phase-Mother Earth is considered to be the initial work of the Mono-ha movement.^[1] It was originally created in Suma Rikyu Park in Kobe, and without official permission. The work was re-created in 2008.^[2] It was a large cylindrical tower made of packed earth, which was removed from a cylindrical hole with the same shape.

Phase-Mother Earth

Artist	Nobuo Sekine
Year	1968 and 2008
Type	earth art
Dimensions	2.7 m × 2.2 m (110 in × 87 in); 2.2 m diameter (87 in)
Location	Kobe

References

1. ^ "Series: 1000 artworks to see before you die". The Guardian. 30 October 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/oct/30/sargent-saxon-serrano?INTCMP=SRCH. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
2. ^ Rawlings, Ashley (2008). "Nobuo Sekine's "Phase-Mother Earth" Under Reconstruction". Art Space Tokyo (October 28). http://artspacetokyo.com/blog/archives/nobuo_sekines_phase_mother_earth_under_reconstruction/. Retrieved 31 July 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Sekine, Nobuo
Alternative names
Short description	Land artist
Date of birth	1941
Place of birth	Saitama
Date of death
Place of death