Curated by John Yau, the exhibition, The Unseen Professors: Leo Amino (1911-1989), Minoru Niizuma (1930-1998), John Pai (b. 1937), focuses on the sculptures of Leo Amino, Minoru Niizuma, and John Pai, three Asian artists who were born in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea between 1911 and 1937, and immigrated to America. Eventually, all of them moved to New York City, where they worked and taught for many years in leading institutions, such as Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, and Columbia University. In fact, despite belonging to different generations, their teaching careers overlapped for more than decade (1964-77), during which time a generation of artists associated with Minimalism and site-specific art gained much of the art world’s attention.
“Dealing with transparency, one becomes very conscious of the effects of different kinds of light.”
-Leo Amino(1911-1989)
“There is no sculptor; the sculpture is all.”
-Minoru Niizuma (1930-1998)
“I like the idea of reducing to the basic unit—and then building from there.”
-John Pai (b. 1937)
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