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Read Part 1 >> In 1946, on the initiative of the famed artist Josef Albers, Leo Amino was in…

Greg Robinson • March 25, 2022

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Leo Amino: Building a Brighter Art Through Plastics - Part 1

The modern sculptor Leo Amino, who achieved fame in the postwar artworld but then faded from view, …

Greg Robinson • March 24, 2022

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Giotta Fuyo Tajiri — An Artist's Voyage

In June 2019, Discover Nikkei published an article of mine on the Nikkei community in the Netherl…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 10, 2019

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Carlos Runcie Tanaka: a necessary return to the profession

Carlos Runcie Tanaka says that he prefers to mold clay to say the things that happen to him as a hu…

Carina Moreno +1 • Oct. 6, 2017

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Isamu Noguchi - Part 1

“I begin to see the peculiar tragedy of the Nisei as that of a generation of transition acc…

Emiko Tsuchida • Sept. 13, 2017

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Haroldo Higa, the artist who looked into his heart

2017 is a very special year for the plastic artist Haroldo Higa. With almost 25 years of career, in…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • May 3, 2017

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Aldo Shiroma in Flight: "We have to believe in the impossible" - Part 2 of 2

Part 1 >> When we become adults, do we become too rational, and, [as a result] our imaginat…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Aug. 18, 2011

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Aldo Shiroma in Flight: "We have to believe in the impossible" - Part 1 of 2

“Pigs aren’t the only ones that can fly” is the title of sculptor Aldo Shiroma&rs…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Aug. 11, 2011

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Shinkichi Tajiri : World Renown Sculptor

Shinkichi Tajiri, a world renowned sculptor, celebrated his 80th birthday with a Netherlands exhibi…

Alice Murata • Sept. 13, 2006

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Thought Warrior: Shinkichi Tajiri

On December 7, 2003, on his 80th birthday, artist Shinkichi Tajiri was honored by the Dutch art wor…

Judith van Praag • Feb. 23, 2006

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Leo Amino: Building a Brighter Art Through Plastics - Part 2