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[Title of work] ⑯ Phase

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YOSHIHARU MAEKAWA
Born in Fukui prefecture
​ 1955-
[About the work]
When sculpting outdoors, it is necessary to consider nature and exploration as one element, rather than constructing the elements that make up the swelling only in the work. I am wondering if there is a way to create a richer sense of scale and quality for both the work and the environment.
"Phase" is to find what is deep inside from the shape that appears outside, but for the time being, I made it as a medium to look at myself.

 

[Production] '94 Yonago Sculpture Symposium
[Session]
July 16 -August 28 , 1994

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[After the '94 Yonago Sculpture Symposium]

Dear Yonago, Thank you very much for your kindness during the symposium. It was a hot summer that I felt the passion of the people involved in the symposium, and I was able to spend a lot of meaningful time with the first foreign sculptor.

We all hope to live in a rich and emotional city, and we are lightly wondering if art can play a role in it. When I think about how to achieve that, I don't have to worry about it, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's good.

Yonago's symposium has reached a turning point this year. After the symposium, I hope that Yonago City will take the lead in how to develop the town in the future, and pray for the development unique to Yonago.

When I stayed in Europe and Africa before, I learned about many cultures and lifestyles, and saw how humans are adapting to each, and I was impressed that the same person has such breadth and potential. I remember what I did. What I think about having the opportunity to work with a German sculptor at Yoneko this time is that we tend to have a one-sided view and way of thinking as Japanese people, but the spirit that is inherent in us personally. In order to satisfy the breadth of the work, I feel that there is a quick way to solve it by reconsidering one's actions from a different perspective and a different way of thinking.

While writing this, I can think of the people who were taken care of by Yonago again. Thank you very much.

 
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