Presentation
Murao studied art in Western New York in the late 90s. While studying installation and environmental art in search of her own form of expression, she gained exposure to social geography, landscape architecture, and other fields which deal with human relationships with space. After returning to Japan, she has consistently pursued an inquiry into how she can create sculptures that define human spatiality—the relationships and interrelationships between humans and their surroundings. Her recent works include sculptures that explore the psychological distance between human space and the horizon. In her Balcony series, she uses the balcony as a metaphor for a part of the human mind, the boundary between psychological and physical or personal and extra-personal space.
Table of Squares, II
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 150 x 250 x 250 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 98.4 x 98.4 inch
$3,278
Balcony-the Hatch
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 228 x 456 x 127 cm Sculpture - 89.8 x 179.5 x 50 inch
$5,600
See to the Sea
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 115 x 405 x 170 cm Sculpture - 45.3 x 159.4 x 66.9 inch
$43,126
The Sea at Dawn
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 150 x 253 x 253 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 99.6 x 99.6 inch
$68,560
Table of Squares, I
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 102 x 102 x 270 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 40.2 x 106.3 inch
$51,603
Table of Squares, III
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 25 x 42 x 42 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.5 x 16.5 inch
$10,601
Axis as Access to X's
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 31 x 27 x 55 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 10.6 x 21.7 inch
$3,616
Balcony in the Rain
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 160 x 320 x 88 cm Sculpture - 63 x 126 x 34.6 inch
$3,819