The 24th UBE Biennale Model Exhibition

Organaized by

Ube City,UBE Biennale Committee,Mainichi Newspapers

Sponsored by

Ube Industries,Ltd.

Supported by

Yamaguchi Prefecture,Yamaguchi Prefectual Museum of Art,Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media,Akiyoshidai International Arts and Media,Shimonoseki City Art Museum,Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art,NHK Yamaguchi,TV Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems Co.,Ltd.,Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.,Yamaguchi Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.,The Japan Foundation

UBE Biennale

UBE Biennale was originated with citizens’ movement to improve the city environment after World War II and it is now the largest open-air sculpture exhibition in Japan. Since 1961, it has been pursuing the possibilities of contemporary sculpture, and to create a relation between sculpture and the townscape. Twenty winning pieces and forty selected models will be displayed at the exhibition at Tokiwa Park. After the exhibition the top 2 pieces will be placed along the streets or in the parks of Ube City.

UBE Biennale Model Exhibition

In the autumn of 2011, Ube City in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan will hold the 24th UBE Biennale International Open Sculpture Competition. The competition is open to all individuals and groups for all types of sculptures. In the 23rd UBE Biennale, 392 models from 42 countries were entered and 20 artists from 6 countries: France, Germany, Greece, Korea, USA and Japan, exhibited Open-Air Sculptures at Tokiwa Park. We welcomed over 37,000 people. The 24th UBE Biennale coming up next year will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition and the 90th Anniversary of Ube City. We look forward to welcoming many creative works.

Judges

The Judges are Japan’s leading art critics, researchers, sculptor and architect.

• Chairperson: Yusuke NAKAHARA - Director,International Association of Art Critics Japanese Section
• Kengo KUMA - Architect
• Tadayasu SAKAI - Director, Setagaya Art Museum
• Kiichi SUMIKAWA - Director, Iwami Art Museum
• Hiroshi MINAMISHIMA - Professor,Joshibi University Art and Design
• Goji HAMADA - Director, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre
• Motoyo YAMANE - Organizer, Kotobano-mori
• Ikuo SAITO - Curator,Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
• Keiko KISHI - Reporter, Arts and Cultural News Department,Tokyo Headquarter of Mainichi Newspapers
• Kimiko KUBOTA - Director, UBE tokiwa Museum

Accepted Models

The 24th UBE Biennale Accepted Models(PDF)650KB

Events

• 記念講演会「作品選考の現場から」
  11月3日(水・祝日)14：00〜15：00
  受講料：無料
  講演者：斎藤 郁夫(第24回UBEビエンナーレ選考委員、山口県立美術館学芸専門監)
• 彫刻ワークショップ「セッコウでソッコウ手型」
  10月23日(土)・11月7日(日) 10：30〜/14：30〜
  参加費：500円(材料費)
• ガイドツアー「入選作品ガイドツアー」
  10月30日(土)11：00〜/14：00〜
  ガイド：ときわミュージアム学芸員
  参加費：無料
• 彫刻ラリー「彫刻探索ラリー」
  10月23日(土)〜11月7日(日)10：00〜17：00
  参加費：100円
• 彫刻体感コーナー「タッチ コーナー」
  10月18日(月)〜11月7日(日)10：00〜17：00
  参加費：無料

Press Image

Following images are available for publicity purposes.

• Full view of the 23rd UBE Bienale
• The 23th UBE Birnnale Model Exhibition
• Tokiwa Lake Hall(Tokiwa Museum Annex)

Past Winners

To see the detail, please click the title of the work.

	Year	Name	Title
The 23rd Exhibition	2009	Yom Sang Uk	Self - consciousness
The 22nd Exhibition	2007	Piotr Twardowski	PERMUTATION
The 21st Exhibition	2005	Hidetoshi Nagasawa	La stanza di Melissa
The 20th Exhibition	2003	Susumu Shingu	Silhouette of Time
The 19th Exhibition	2001	Noriaki Maeda	UNTITLED 01-A
The 18th Exhibition	1999	Takamasa Kuniyasu	Lake Tokiwa Spiral
The 17th Exhibition	1997	Haruyuki Uchida	Gravity Space -Red
The 16th Exhibition	1995	Katsumi Ida	Let's sail to the moon
The 15th Exhibition	1993	Masaaki Nishi	The Graben
The 14th Exhibition	1991	Kimio Tsuchiya	Undercurrent
The 13rd Exhibition	1989	Kou Yamane	STONE JOINT-WORK3
The 12nd Exhibition	1987	Makio Yamaguchi	SUN SADDLE '87
The 11st Exhibition	1985	Yonekichi Tanaka	Untitled No.95 1985
The 10th Exhibition	1983	Nobuyoshi Iwaki	Wind music
The 9th Exhibition	1981	Masakazu Masuda	Monument
The 8th Exhibition	1979	Kaoru Tanaka	Pentagonal pyramid
The 7th Exhibition	1977	Kousuke Kimura	Lonely Figure
The 6th Exhibition	1975	Takeshi Tsuchiya	A small pyramid
The 5th Exhibition	1973	Eishi Yamamoto	Mountain Scape
The 4th Exhibition	1971	Minami Tada	Cyokukan
The 3rd Exhibition	1969	Saburo Muraoka	Weight Polyester
The 2nd Exhibition	1967	Katsuji Kishida	Fiction-Kazenosaiten
The 1st Exhibition	1965	Syu Eguchi	Sajyoro
The 1st Exhibition of All Japan Sculpture Concours	1963	Seiji Shimizu	Syunen-i