【 私の作品について 】

 

私は文字や記号をモチーフとして制作を続けている。現在は漢字や数字の作品を多く作っているが、それらの物質化の試みである。私の中に存在し続ける意味の「幻想」を、物質としての文字や記号の表現によって、造形的にあぶりだし、それらの意味を宙空に浮遊させる実験的作品である。

 

現在、急速に電子化している言葉と文字や記号の中に、自然の自己形成的絶対現象を現出させることにのみ興味がある。また、日々益々均質化してゆく言語記号によって侵略される私の精神を、少しでも解放し救済する試みに他ならないと言える。

 

私の遠い記憶にある世界との言葉以前の繋がりとして、風や光や水、土、樹木などを、心と体で無意識に体感し得た幼児期への回帰を、密かに目論んでいるのかも知れない。私にとっての言葉の再生であり、私の言葉によって出現する世界の再生であり、そして、今ここに存在する私という人間の再生の旅である。

 

 

 

 

-追記

 

学生時代から文字や記号をモチーフにして実験的な作品を制作してはいたが、大きな転機となったのが、学生時代に出会った李禹煥氏。借り物で何となく居心地の悪かった現代美術(現代アートでは無く)が、自分にとってより身近なものになった。

四十歳くらいから本格的に制作を開始した。

文字の物質的写真を大きくネコプリントやインクジェットプリントに拡大した作品やバーナーで文字を焼いた実験的作品など、電子文字が氾濫する現代に於いて、より物質的な特徴を顕在化させた文字表現である。また観念が物質として刻まれる絵文字、洞窟絵画、古代文字などにも非常に関心がある。

最近分かったことであるが、私は永い間ディスレクシア(難読症)が原因で文字の読解がなかなか出来なかったのではないか。かなり今は改善されてきているようだが、文字の物質表現への拘りは、その辺に原因があるのかも知れないと思っている。

最近はインスタレーションを発表している。

2011年の東日本大震災が、私にとっての二つ目の大きな転機であったと思う。

未曾有の大災害を前に何か発表しなければというのが正直なところであり、インスタレーションが表現スタイルとして適していた。それと、以前から自分のプライベートな領域での制作や発表形式に疑問を感じていて、より開かれた空間で何か出来ないかという事。その辺からインスタレーションをやりだしたように思う。何にでも規範があり限界があるのは承知の上で、少しでも自分にとっての可能態を探しながら制作していきたいと考えている。

 


【 About my work 】

 

I have been working with letters and symbols as motifs. Currently, I am creating many works using Chinese characters and numbers, and this is my attempt to materialize them. This is an experimental work in which the "illusion" of meaning that continues to exist in my mind is revealed in a figurative way through the expression of letters and symbols as material, and their meanings are suspended in the air.

 

I am interested only in making natural, self-forming absolute phenomena appear in words, letters, and symbols, which are now rapidly becoming electronic. It is also an attempt to liberate and rescue my spirit, which is being invaded by language symbols that are becoming more and more homogenized every day.

 

Perhaps I am secretly planning a return to my early childhood, when my mind and body unconsciously experienced wind, light, water, soil, and trees as a connection with the world in my distant memory, before words. It is a rebirth of words for me, a rebirth of the world that emerges through my words, and a journey of rebirth for me, the human being who exists here and now.

 

 

 

 

【 Postscript 】


Although I have been creating experimental works using letters and symbols as motifs since I was a student, a major turning point for me came when I met Lee Ufan as a student. Contemporary art (not modern art), which had been borrowed and somehow uncomfortable for him, became more familiar to him.

He began creating in earnest when he was about forty years old.

His works include large enlargements of material photographs of letters on cat prints and inkjet prints, as well as experimental works in which he burns letters with a burner. I am also very interested in pictographs, cave paintings, and ancient scripts in which ideas are engraved as material.

I have recently discovered that for a long time I had difficulty in reading letters due to dyslexia. Although it seems to have improved considerably, I believe that my obsession with the material representation of letters may have been caused by this.

Recently, I have been presenting installations.

I think the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 was the second major turning point for me.

I honestly felt the need to present something in the face of the unprecedented disaster, and an installation was a suitable style of expression. Also, I had been questioning the format of creating and presenting my work in my private space, and wondered if I could do something in a more open space. I think that is when I started doing installations. I am aware that there are norms and limits to everything, but I would like to create my work while searching for the possibilities for myself, even if only a little.



【 Heart 】


A "love motif" often seen on social networking sites.

As you know, the heart is an imitation of the shape of a "heart.

The idea that human thoughts and feelings reside in the heart is found in ancient Egyptian mythology and the Old Testament.

The mechanism of the human body is that the cerebrum does the thinking, but hormones from the brain act on the heart, causing it to become mildly excited.

There are many theories about the roots of the heart mark.

It is generally used as a "love motif," but nowadays it is used as a more light-hearted way of saying, "That's nice! I like it! but now it is also used as a more light-hearted way of saying "I love you!”.




【 Gold 】


Gold has been treated as a special substance since ancient times.

Gold, which emits intense light, has been revered as the sun itself, which benefits all living things.

It could be said to be a substance that emits infinite light and gives abundance.


It is said to have its roots in ancient Mesopotamia about 6000 BC.

Gold is also called "the underground sun " and humans have long been fascinated by its unfading, gorgeous brilliance as something of abiding value.



 

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