Concept
私は高校、大学で日本画を専攻し、そこで物の描写の重要性を教わりました。しかし、大学時代に、何か具体的な物を再現するのではなく、何も考えずに直感的に線を引くという行為に興味を持つようになりました。それからは、日本画の画材を使って、絵の具の表面を針でたくさんの直線をハッチングすることで絵を作り上げるようになりました。
私の作品制作のプロセスは、人間関係において相手の人間性を認めるプロセスに似ていると感じています。私たちは、話し方や態度をコントロールすることで、自分の見せ方を意識的にコントロールしています。しかし、無意識の行動によって、隠していた部分が不意に露呈することがあります。そのとき、他者は表面的なものと無意識に現れるものとを組み合わせて、その人の人間性を認識するでしょう。それと同じように、私の作品も、意図的に平らに塗られた絵画の表面と、その表面に無意識に掻いた線を組み合わせることで、認識することができると考えています。
I learned Japanese painting at high school and university which specialises in fine arts, which taught me that the most important aspect was sketching. However, during my college years, I became interested in the act of drawing lines intuitively without thinking, rather than trying to reproduce something. From that point on, I have created my pictures with Japanese painting materials by scratching the surface of the paint into a lot of straight lines with a needle.
I find the process of my artwork as being similar to the process of recognising someone's humanity in a relationship. We consciously control and adjust the way we present ourselves by controlling the way we talk and our attitude. However, there may be times when one's unconscious actions unexpectedly reveal parts of themselves that they have been trying to hide. At that moment, others recognise one's humanity by combining what they see on the surface and what appears unconsciously. In the same way, I believe that my artworks can be interpreted by combining the surface of a painting that was intentionally painted flat and the lines that I unconsciously scratch on its surface.
私の作品制作のプロセスは、人間関係において相手の人間性を認めるプロセスに似ていると感じています。私たちは、話し方や態度をコントロールすることで、自分の見せ方を意識的にコントロールしています。しかし、無意識の行動によって、隠していた部分が不意に露呈することがあります。そのとき、他者は表面的なものと無意識に現れるものとを組み合わせて、その人の人間性を認識するでしょう。それと同じように、私の作品も、意図的に平らに塗られた絵画の表面と、その表面に無意識に掻いた線を組み合わせることで、認識することができると考えています。
I learned Japanese painting at high school and university which specialises in fine arts, which taught me that the most important aspect was sketching. However, during my college years, I became interested in the act of drawing lines intuitively without thinking, rather than trying to reproduce something. From that point on, I have created my pictures with Japanese painting materials by scratching the surface of the paint into a lot of straight lines with a needle.
I find the process of my artwork as being similar to the process of recognising someone's humanity in a relationship. We consciously control and adjust the way we present ourselves by controlling the way we talk and our attitude. However, there may be times when one's unconscious actions unexpectedly reveal parts of themselves that they have been trying to hide. At that moment, others recognise one's humanity by combining what they see on the surface and what appears unconsciously. In the same way, I believe that my artworks can be interpreted by combining the surface of a painting that was intentionally painted flat and the lines that I unconsciously scratch on its surface.