"Things that fall" Azusa Yamakoshi January 2012, 1 - January 10, 2012
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: December 2012, 1 - January 10, 2012
Exhibitor: Azusa Yamakoshi (1st year student majoring in Art and Design)
This exhibition will focus on "things that fall."
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In the gallery, various objects are lined up, emanating the quietness and strength peculiar to man-made and industrial products. The style of arranging ready-made products one by one gives a sense of déjà vu, but the bright gallery has a sophisticated and comfortable atmosphere. The names of the works are "Everything Turns to Ash," "Divided," "Some Things Don't Turn to Ash," and "Look Me in the Eyes and Speak." The names of these works are simply to describe the objects themselves, and do not "liken" them to anything, nor does the title "Untitled" emphasize the visuals of the objects themselves. For example, a telephone is literally "divided" into the receiver and the main body. The moxa sticks, cigarettes, and matches placed on several stands "all turn to ash," but "some things don't turn to ash," such as the iron ring hanging on the wall.
The artist said about this exhibition, "I am creating to counter the fear of losing something." What is that "something"? Is it something that can be preserved or protected by creating and expressing it? Isn't it the artist's thoughts on things that can be lost but that he wants to preserve?
As we go through our daily lives, we feel and think about many things, and our thoughts flow constantly. It feels as though the artist wants to cut out a small part of such thoughts that pass by in an instant and preserve them as a work of art. For example, in "Everything Becomes Ashes," we realize that all the things we light on fire and use, even if they start out differently, will eventually turn to the same shape of ash, and in "Look Me in the Eyes and Speak," we feel the frustration of a curved mirror that is a mirror but is difficult to use like a mirror.
Perhaps the artist is leaving behind in his work the sudden thoughts that are uncertain and keep moving forward, and are in danger of slipping away. (Emiko Okano)
