Kishio Suga The Existence of “Things” and the Eternity of “Site” Kishio Suga

Kishio Suga is known as a representative artist of the Mono-ha art movement that emerged in Japan from the late 1960s to the 1970s. Suga’s work is characterized by the simple act of aligning, bending, and combining everyday materials such as stone, wood, and metal while attempting to explore their relationship with sites and people. This book, published to coincide with Suga’s major solo exhibition at his hometown Iwate, contains more than 110 works in a wide range of media, including installation, relief, drawing, photography, and activation, reflecting on his artistic practice over the past half-century. In addition to the 2 essays, this book includes a recent interview with the artist.

This book is a comprehensive overview of the work of Kishio Suga, who has fundamentally reexamined the nature of conventional art by taking away preconceived notions and delving into the essence of “things” and “sites” based on his singular philosophy.

Where there is a thing, there is inevitably a site. I believed that a work could not take shape if either of them were missing. The reality of “things” was the reality of “sites”. —Kishio Suga