Masayuki Nagare

Masayuki Nagare (1923 – 2018) was a modernist Japanese sculptor who rose to prominence in 1960’s New York, becoming one of the most accomplished artists of his generation. His work deeply reflects his early years studying Shintoism, Buddhism and martial arts, and his later apprenticeship to a master swordsmith. Although Nagare’s work shares a fundamental connection to tradition, the artist was, above all, a Modern sculptor who successfully bridged two cultures with work at once universal and quintessentially Japanese.