Minoru Niizuma, Water Fall, c.1986. Italian marble. 20 x 19.5 x 13.75 inches (50.8 x 49.5 x 34.9 cm). Courtesy the artist’s estate and Tina Kim Gallery, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
New York art dealer Tina Kim presenting a selection of historical Korean and Japanese artists including Minoru Niizuma (1930–1998), who made minimalist carved stone sculptural objects that have a more hard edge than the organic forms favored by his Japanese compatriot Isamu Noguchi. He spent much of his life living in New York and was included in shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim. Today, however, his work is little known.