BOX ART Exhibition
Drove to a museum at Shimane.
To see an ongoing exhibition named BOX ART.
The exhibition was like my origin as “original paintings of package of plastic model.”
I seldom go to museum, but I felt like going to see it.
When I was little, I used to imagine who and how draw these pictures.
And I used to collect pictures of plastic model boxes. I cut the pictures and displayed them in my room.
Toy shops that had a lot of displayed boxes of plastic models were museum for me then.
I drove the long way to the museum, feeling as if I drove to see my predecessor.
I was excited with the modern looking museum at countryside.
And the sign printed BOX ART stimulated my brain.
There were a lot of original pictures exhibited than I imagined and I felt the watercolor paintings on board afresh.
I was glad to know I have a lot of great predecessors in Japan.
The pictures were various like bikes, tanks, battleships, and robots.
And the artists were various too, but there was only a similarity that “all pictures had dreams.”
All the pictures give children fantastic worlds.
I walked around the museum, viewing the pictures one by one.
So excited that I looked each exhibitions two times.
Now I could grasp challenge and difficulty of the artists from the form, colors, and touches.
Those artists have been looking for ways to express since I was a child.
That inspired me with courage.
It is happy that a child impressed in a small toyshop at countryside twenty year ago, become a painter now.
And I was so lucky child to grow up with those wonderful pictures.
I purely delighted that.
To see an ongoing exhibition named BOX ART.
The exhibition was like my origin as “original paintings of package of plastic model.”
I seldom go to museum, but I felt like going to see it.
When I was little, I used to imagine who and how draw these pictures.
And I used to collect pictures of plastic model boxes. I cut the pictures and displayed them in my room.
Toy shops that had a lot of displayed boxes of plastic models were museum for me then.
I drove the long way to the museum, feeling as if I drove to see my predecessor.
I was excited with the modern looking museum at countryside.
And the sign printed BOX ART stimulated my brain.
There were a lot of original pictures exhibited than I imagined and I felt the watercolor paintings on board afresh.
I was glad to know I have a lot of great predecessors in Japan.
The pictures were various like bikes, tanks, battleships, and robots.
And the artists were various too, but there was only a similarity that “all pictures had dreams.”
All the pictures give children fantastic worlds.
I walked around the museum, viewing the pictures one by one.
So excited that I looked each exhibitions two times.
Now I could grasp challenge and difficulty of the artists from the form, colors, and touches.
Those artists have been looking for ways to express since I was a child.
That inspired me with courage.
It is happy that a child impressed in a small toyshop at countryside twenty year ago, become a painter now.
And I was so lucky child to grow up with those wonderful pictures.
I purely delighted that.
- 2007/08/17
- Roots
Roots (animation and path from the past)
When I was in high school, I had made an animation in my room.
(This picture is a poster of that.)
I didn't have computer at that time, so I used a video camera and a radio cassette player and two video players to make this animation.
I wanted to move my artwork freely, and shot each one of my paintings night after night.
Finally, it took very much time to finish the animation of 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Anyway, the reason why it took so long time was that I had done a lot of creating.
After all I was a junior high school student, so young.
I had done everything to look for my own potentiality.
Played in a band, shot pictures and took photographs. Made figures and embroidered my characters...
Of course painted every day and created a book.
And could have a little solo show every year.
It was a stage to do everything I wanted.
Remembering like this, I seem to be a person who want to do everything I intend.
Unfortunately, all my artworks haven't left, but that reminds me of kindred.
For example, my grandfather has been dead but there is me.
My pieces at past have no longer existed, but it's sure that they are in my pieces at present.
Considering that, I feel affection for those my past's artworks.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (fashion)
In 1990, when I was in junior high school, I became to paint on plain T-shirts.
I had painted also on my satchel and even on the reverse of my uniform.
And I was also interested in embroidery and made this spider with stitches.
Thought these are the origin of spaceegg WEAR now.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (water colors)
I've preferred pop colors and images for a long time.
There was a time when I would preferably use candy colors like these paintings.
I don't recognize exactly when, these were painted with watercolors.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (academic)
Though I don't like realistic works, once I had studied to paint them because the technique was important to me.
But the works had appeared with my original imaginations at last.
It can be said that it's unusual for me to show this kind of works.
I also haven't seen this kind of my artwork for a long time.
This work is exceptionally shown only in this blog as "Roots."
This artwork reminds me of my time of disciplines.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (print making)
Carve a plastic board with a needle, and pour an ink into the trace.
Then wipe the surplus ink off the board, and finally press it to a paper.
I had done this when I was in a junior high school, and it shows that I have chosen sneakers as motifs since then.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (drawing)
I am very good at creating characters. For I have been drawing cartoons since I was a child.
That has much to do with my work now.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (colorful)
This was painted April 13th, 1993.
I don't remember why I had done this, but it's sure that I have loved those happy and cheerful paintings.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (figures)
August 23rd, 1993.
I seemed to make a figure like this.
At that time, I had made some figures in addition to painting.
Now I remember that I would play with paper puppets made by myself when I was little.
Sometimes I covered the puppets with Scotch tape not to be got wet.
I am sorry that now there isn't any of them...
I seemed to make a figure like this.
At that time, I had made some figures in addition to painting.
Now I remember that I would play with paper puppets made by myself when I was little.
Sometimes I covered the puppets with Scotch tape not to be got wet.
I am sorry that now there isn't any of them...
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (books)
From 1993 to 1994, I had made a book.
It consists of cartoons and comics, poems and columns, execution notes, photos, and so on.
There is a comic of which all the pages were painted in it.
And it has also making diaries of my art works.
I remember that I felt pleasant and a sense of fulfillment when I was setting about this book.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
Roots (painting)
I found my work in which a king and queen of playing cards painted. This had been painted 1993.(when I was 16)
I used poster paints at that time because I didn't know acrylic paints.
The taste of painting leads to now, on the other hand, the style of painting is quite different from now.
But it's clear that "the crown" have been one of my favorite motifs.
It seemed that I have been fond of a pair of art works since then.
I wonder when these interests come along.
There are many paintings of my childhood in my home.
It's interesting to trace and explore my roots.
I used poster paints at that time because I didn't know acrylic paints.
The taste of painting leads to now, on the other hand, the style of painting is quite different from now.
But it's clear that "the crown" have been one of my favorite motifs.
It seemed that I have been fond of a pair of art works since then.
I wonder when these interests come along.
There are many paintings of my childhood in my home.
It's interesting to trace and explore my roots.
- 2007/01/17
- Roots
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