Mono-ha

Mono-ha is a 20th century Japanese art movement. It share features of, and may have been inspired by, the Land Art movement.

Phase-Mother Earth

Nobuo Sekine's Phase-Mother Earth is considered to be the initial work of the Mono-ha movement. [1] 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.