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[Title of work] ㉕ Playback
HITOSHI TANAKA
Born in Miyazaki prefecture
1949-
[About the work]
In a corner of the hill of the town, the fields where the tumuli are scattered are quietly spread. In contrast to the famous Saitobaru Burial Mound, it is called the Higashitobaru Burial Mound. One of them is an old burial mound called Ishifunezuka, and at the top of the mound, a grave robbed sarcophagus is left under a horse chestnut tree and remains exposed to the rain and wind. However, it is impressive that the red gala at the time of burial still remains vividly inside the casket.
The reason I started painting stones with red granite in the series "Regeneration" was simply because I was strongly attracted to the combination of red granite and black granite. The concept is that by applying a folk-colored red gala to the cutting part, various thoughts of people who come into contact with the work are revived from the shadows, and at the same time, an organic form is regenerated. However, it seems that the origin of this expression was in the memory of that sarcophagus, which I often visited to dispel loneliness when I was young. In other words, can it be said that the combination of stone and red gala revived the sensibility of the old man through my personal sentiment?
[Production] 2000 Yonago Sculpture Symposium
[Session] July 22nd -August 30th , 2000
[In response to Yonago's lyricism]
Every day I went back and forth by bicycle from my hotel Wakow to the symposium venue in Minatoyama Park. It was pleasant to go through the old-fashioned alleys, the appearance of old dozo along the Kamo River, and the small city area. Yonago was a cozy city.
The work "Rebirth" produced at this Yonago symposium has been a series of works for the past few years, and is usually produced by coloring black granite with red gala. However, the work of this symposium was set up on the promenade along the Shinkamo River just before going out to Nakaumi, so I think that bright stones are more suitable than black granite for narrow roads. I did. Therefore, for the first time in the "Regeneration" series, we chose Chinese granite with a soft pink color. The size is also set so that people who come and go while taking a walk on the green road can stroke it. As a result, I think we were able to produce an effect of a friendly atmosphere that is different from black granite.
For writers, the most attractive thing about creating works at the symposium is that various exchanges with local people and participating writers produce invaluable experiences and valuable results. Also, living in a land that I have never lived in for a month or so is to live in a cultural climate that is different from the usual environment, and elements that cannot be embodied in the usual atelier production are the background of the work. I feel like it will be added.
Every day of production in Yonago, there were many fun summer scenes around us. The highlight of the Mantokai of the Gaina Festival, the fireworks display at Minato, and the sentiment of the sink. In addition, the quiet beauty of Nakaumi, where young people slide their boats flexibly in the morning and evening, and the greenery on the Shimane side of the opposite bank. The cool breeze brought from the Nakaumi made my daily nap the most pleasant. The deliciousness of the seafood from the Sea of Japan and the deliciousness of local sake that I occasionally mentioned. Oyama's relaxed brave figure and the sharpened blueness of the Sea of Japan. The unique charm of Yonago that encloses them was strongly impressed in my heart, and my work was produced while responding to that lyricism.
As long as my work stays here, and Yonago is Yonago, my work will repeatedly witness the happiness of this summer that I shared with me. This joy was the most memorable thing at Yonago's symposium, and it was a feeling I had never felt at other symposiums so far.
The selfishness of the writer would have caused a great deal of inconvenience to Yonago in places we did not think of. Thank you very much for your help. Thank you very much. Next time, I would like to visit Yonago in the snow and share the winter atmosphere with my work.
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