Hirofumi TAMURA: STONE |
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Written by KALONSNET Editor |
Published: October 25 2009 |
A solo exhibition of Tamura (b. 1969) exhibits wooden works with a stone as the motif by the artist who was specialized in the traditional lacquer handicrafts at the university. |
Last Updated on December 03 2009 |
A large amount of small stones exhibited in gallery. There are various sized stones from small for putting on a palm to large like a rock. However, it is understood by the wooden texture that these stones are made from wood. In a word, these are "Stones" made by being wood-curved.
As viewing the appearance to which such "Stones" are arranged like a rock garden, I touch one of them. I then feel lightness and warmth that cannot be thought as a stone. The "Stones" must have a temperature to warm my cold hand in the winter; is it the "Spirits of the tree" that Tamura depicts, or just a temperature of the material itself?
By the way, the Tamura’s work of small stones by using common materials remind me of 'About Stone (applying raw ore)'*1 by Heihachi Hashimoto (1897-1935). As for Hashimoto's work, an actual stone was used for the model. Tamura produces the work without seeing any stones. Therefore, the method of producing is different to each other. However, the common feature is still found in the sense of existence of "Stone" and the way of using wood for making a stone.
Why are we tempted to create a stone with wood? Tamura’s work leads us to consider the gravitation of the stone.
* The works exhibited here is touchable.
*1: (1928), wood, H28.6cm, deposit of Mie Prefectural Art Museum