Satoru SATO [Japanese] (b. 1945) Distance, 1993 Acrylic and wood assemblage on canvas mounted on panel. Signed, dated and titled on the back. 30 x 36 x 6 cm Provenance : Galerie Claude Dorval, Paris. A graduate of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Satoru Satō (Miyagi, 1945) moved to Paris in the early 1970s and worked in Gustave Singier's studio. He met Michel Seuphor, Jean Leppien, Aurélie Nemours and Carmelo Arden Quin and became a member of the MADI group. His interest in painting and relief led him to focus on verticalism, and he began designing large-scale monumental projects (Natsu River Arts Bridge, Nakada Public Park, granite columns in Clermont-Ferrand, etc.).