By mimicking, “letters” take on new meaning.
The existence of words is like a conceptual art in itself. It is like a conceptual art in itself. It has been handed down from our ancestors for tens of thousands of years. People are amazed, deceived, and reassured by the existence of words. In this series, the artist reinterprets the meaning of letters and depicts them as if they had that meaning, reinterpreting the meaning of meaningless things so that they can be perceived as having meaning, and appealing to the viewer with new values. By utilizing the mimetic nature of letters, if there are cartoon drawings of letters, he also pursues the idea of “letters” as time sculptures by writing directly on old paper, textiles, tatami mats, and other materials to bring “time” in the background into the work.
文字が持つ擬態性
言葉という存在は、一文字一文字に概念が宿っている。それ自体がコンセプチュアルアートのようである。先人から数万年と受け継がれてきたものだ。言葉という存在に、人は感嘆し、騙され、安心する。このシリーズでは、文字がもつ意味を再解釈して、まるでその意味のように描くことで、意味がないものも意味があるように受け取れるような再解釈を行ない、鑑賞者へ新たな価値を訴えかける。文字が持つ擬態性を利用し、漫画の描き文字があれば、古い紙や、織物、畳などに直接書くことで背景にある「時間」を作品に有することで時間彫刻としての「文字」のあり方も追求。
