Etsuro Sotoo
Etsuro Sotoo (外尾悦郎, born 1953 in
Biography
In 1978 Etsuro Sotoo visited Barcelona and was impressed by the
He has also designed the doors installed on the Nativity facade (inaugurated in December 2015 after many years of work), made of bronze
He is also author of a monument commemorating the 150th anniversary of the signature
In Japan, author of Birth (1985) and The Old Man and the Girl (1988) in the Art Museum Chohachi Matsuzaki and sculptures Pineapples (1993) at the Stadium of Fukuoka and Five Elements (1997) at the Institute of Fukuoka monument of 1500 m2 dedicated to water, the wind, the sky, fire and earth. Sotoo was a visiting professor of Kyushu University User Science Institute, School of Engineering Main Building and ambassador of Kesennuma, Rias Sanriku (Japan). He was also vice president of the Nipon Center of Canet de Mar.
Trivia
- In his native Japan he is nicknamed the "Japanese Gaudí".
References
Sotoo Etsuro (2010). Vertical Freedom. Conversations on the Sagrada Familia.
- ^ "Las puertas de la Fachada de la Natividad de la Sagrada Familia, obra de Etsuro Sotoo", Chiara Curti, architect, Es Japón, 1 June 2016, (in Spanish). [Consulted 9 June 2019].
External links
- "Etsuro Sotoo: Master sculptor in Spain found calling in a pile of rocks", Joji Sakurai, The Japan Times, 1 April 2017.
- Interview
- Etsuro Sotoo will rebuild the Gaudi's Pedrera main esculpture
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