"Untitled" Kohei Sekigawa February 2010, 2 - February 3, 2010
The exhibition "Untitled" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: December 2010, 2 - January 3, 2010
Exhibitor: Kohei Sekigawa (1st year Japanese painting)
When you become big-headed and suddenly realize that the basics are unclear, you no longer understand.
An installation about.
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Today, the art world continues to expand, involving everything else, with various circumstances (politics, economics, interests, etc.) becoming intricately intertwined, and the boundary between art and other things seems to be becoming increasingly blurred. If you do not stand firm with a clear perspective, you will be blown by strong winds, swept away by muddy currents, and carried away in directions you do not intend, for better or worse. In this exhibition, we should look again at the "origin" that is being lost in such a chaotic situation, and consider his act of trying to find his own place in the midst of chaos as a work of art itself.
Upon entering the gallery, the strong smell of pencils stimulates the sense of smell. On a table in the middle of the gallery, there is a pencil sharpener, broken pencils, and a pile of shavings. During the exhibition, behind the several white frames hanging from the ceiling, he is painting the white wall with pencils. Write, sharpen, write, sharpen, over and over. Without drawing anything, he consumes more and more pencils, like a child engrossed in running crayons across a large piece of drawing paper. In this seemingly boring and meaningless act, I found him desperately trying to face his "origins" that he is losing sight of. In the world of art, where any material can become art, the unreliable writing tool called the pencil can be said to be the "origins" of art. In this sense, the several white frames hanging from the ceiling are like a barrier that, while they are trying to maintain the appearance of a work (!), they also isolate him from the complicated world and allow him to face his "origins" carefully.
In the midst of the chaos of modern times, it is extremely important to occasionally look back at ourselves, who tend to get lost, and to reflect on the essence ("origin") of things that are being forgotten. These actions are inherently personal, but by taking the form of an exhibition like this one, it is certain that not only the artist himself, but also the viewers will be reminded of something.
(Minami Kanazawa)
