一草一木

会期:2014年12月2日〜12月25日
会場:ロンドンギャラリー白金
写真:渡邉修
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一草一木

一草一木

一草一木

一草一木

モチーフとなる花は、裏山や近所の道端に咲いている。一輪で咲いていることは稀で、群生していることがほとんどだ。この品種は形になりそうだと、およその目処をたてながらも、切ってアトリエに持ち帰るのは、決まって花の盛りが終わる頃になってしまう。持ち帰るとすぐに採寸し、枯れるまでの間、駆け足で彫り進める。枯れた後は写真を見ながらの作業になるが、生の花の持つ時間と引力が、モチーフと自分と素材とを近づけ、その中でしか写しとれないものがある。

The flowers taken as subjects here bloom in the nearby mountains and along the sides of the road. It is rare that they bloom alone, and are almost always found flowering in multitude. When I find a flower that I think might make a good sculptural model, I make a rough plan of how I want the piece to look, but by the time I collect the flower and bring it back to my studio it has already passed its peak. Once I have returned with a sample, I measure it immediately and set about sculpting the piece as quickly as I can, until the life has all but left it. After it has died I must work from photographs, and while this process may bring the sculpture, the materials, and even myself close to the beauty of flower while it is alive, there is something that can only be captured in that brief space of time while the flower has live flowing through it.