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■ Closing Event : Music Live "ヘーパイストス (創造の神)"
2022.8.6 sat, open 19:00 / start 19:30 -
charge：adv. ¥2,500. / door ¥3,000. *予約制 By reservation only
performer：sara (.es / piano)
kiyo (cello)
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注目の気鋭作家小谷くるみ、昨年に続きノマルでの2度目の個展
また新たな手法で描き出す新シリーズを発表
小谷くるみは京都造形芸術大学油画コース卒業後、同学大学院芸術専攻を終了。同時に、その独創的な作風は注目を集め、数々の展覧会などで作品を発表。今最も新作を期待される若手作家の一人となっています。
ノマルでは、2020年のグループ展「U30 - Whom do you suspect?」(＊1)でデビュー、初個展となった昨年の「砂から星へ」(＊2)も大盛況で終え、ますます作家としての注目度が上がっています。
小谷はこれまで一貫して、存在の痕跡と気配をテーマに作品を発表してきました。かつてそこに存在していたが今は目に見えないものや、時間によって変わっていく物質の姿を画面に留めた作風は、観る者に様々なイメージを掻き立てています。
創造の神-ヘーパイストス
前回の個展では、鉄錆を酸化させて描く手法を用いた他、版画を刷り終わった銅版に緑青を発生させて作品化するなど、本来自然が時間をかけて起こす現象を人工的に生成して表現手法としました。
それに引き続き今展では、布地に貼った銀箔を燻液で硫化させることで描画した新シリーズを発表します。小谷の新境地とも言える意欲的な構成にご期待ください。
今展のタイトルは、ギリシャ神話の創造の神「ヘーパイストス 」から。常に創造することの意味を問いながら、自身の表現哲学を独自の手法に反映させてきた小谷が、また新たな空間を作り上げます。
年々作家としての可能性を広げ、さらなる飛躍が期待される小谷くるみ渾身の新作展、ぜひともご注目ください。
(＊1)「U30 - Whom do you suspect?」
>> Exhibition
(＊2)「砂から星へ」
>> Exhibition
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[Artist Statement]
古来から銀は高価なもの、価値の高いものとして扱われてきました。現在の価値基準では金よりは価値が低いけれど、銀食器などは高いステータスを表すものとして扱われてきました。
一方で古代エジプトでは金より銀の方が価値が高いとみなされ、金で造られたものの上から銀メッキが施されたものがあったそうです。
価値基準や境界は常に揺らぎ、不安と共にある、意味のあるようでないようなものなのかもしれないと思うことがあります。
日頃何気なく使っている文字たちが突如として意味のない線同士の交差に見え、どういった音や意味が乗っていたかわからなくなる、なんてことがあるかもしれない。
今日、我々は素早く世界の人々と繋がることができ、お互いの価値観を共有し関係性を築くことも容易くなりました。
いくら揺るがないと思っている価値基準でも実は常に揺らぎ、不安定な存在だということを認識するには客観的にならなければなりません。
それは私の場合は日本人、アジア人、地球人、そして生物として。
世界中の人々は何故人の生き死にに花を添えるのか。
こんなにも多様な文化がある地球で一定の共通する「人的な」表現があることに驚きを抱くことが多々あります。
なぜ人は人種や地域に関わらず本来の意図には含まれない装飾を施し、連綿と繋がる文化を築くに至ったのか。
ヒトだからこそ感じてしまうもの、考えてしまうこと、点と点を繋ぎ線にする行為。
小谷 くるみ Kurumi Kotani
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Kurumi Kotani, the spirited young artist drawing great attention, will hold her second solo exhibition at Gallery Nomart since last year.
The new series of work created by a new approach will be announced.
Kurumi Kotani graduated from Kyoto University of the Arts with a degree in oil painting, and completed the graduate program in art at the same university. At the same time, with her unique style of creation, she received high attention and announced her works on many exhibitions, which made her one of the most expected contemporary young artists.
At Gallery Nomart, Debuted in the group exhibition "U30 - Whom do you suspect?” held in 2020, Kurumi Kotani’s first solo exhibition "Sand to Stardust (Cosmos) “ last year at Gallery Nomart, ends with great success, and she has been receiving an increased attention as an artist since then.
Kurumi Kotani has been presenting the works on the theme of the track and indication of existence. The things that exist in the past but become invisible now, or the substance that will change over time was settled on the canvas, the style of her creation arouse different images for the audience.
The God of creation - Ἥφαιστος
In the last exhibition, Kurumi Kotani made her works by artificially generating the phenomena that occurs naturally over time, such as oxidizing iron, generated the verdigris on the copper plate used to make prints.
Continued with the last solo exhibition, Kurumi Kotani in this exhibition will announce her new series composed of the works created by the silver leaves attached on the cloth and sulfurized by liquid smoke solution, and other new works with different techniques. .
The title of the exhibition this time originated from the “Ἥφαιστος", the Greek god of creation. Kurumi Kotani, an artist is exploring the meaning of “create” and present her own unique philosophy of expression, will create a new space of exhibition.
Kurumi Kotani, whose potential as an artist is expanding year by year, is expected to make a great leap forward in this new work exhibition, Please look forward to it.
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[Artist Statement]
Since ancient times, silver has been considered expensive and highly valuable. Even though it is less valuable compared to gold under the universal standard of value nowadays, silverwares have been regarded as an embodiment of a high status.
In ancient Egypt, silver was valued more than gold, and it was said that some things made of gold were coated by silver.
Some times I am thinking the standard and boundary of values are always shaking along with a kind of tension, and they may make sense or may not.
It may be like when we look at the words we use everyday, and all of a sudden they turn into several meaningless lines cross over each other, and we started being confused about what is the exact meanings of the words.
Nowadays, it is much easier for us to be enable to connect to the people around the world, share our values and build relationships with each other.
To understand the standard which we think will never shake is actually something unsettled and shaking all the time, we need to be objective.
As for me, it means as a Japanese, an Asian, a person living on the earth, a creature.
Why do people around the world send flowers on birth and death?
I’m always surprised by the fact that there are some consensus between the expression of “human” on the earth full with such different cultures.
Why did people regardless of race or region, could apply decorations that were not part of their original intent and achieve to create that continuously connected culture ?
It’s what we feel and think because we are human, the act of connecting the dots to make a line.
Kurumi Kotani
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