Utsusemi / MoMA P.S.1 (New York) / The First Steps; Emerging Artist from Japan / 2003
Memories that cannot reach.
“Utsusemi” – Stairs with no destination
Stairs that allow for no pauses when being climbed. A tunnel that continues on with no end in sight. What these have in common are the feelings of “close, but not reachable” and “almost visible, but cannot be seen.” These kinds of sensations. Many cherished memories change and fade with time. However, what I want to see and feel once more is the heart of the memory, the element which cannot be preserved in photographs or texts.
Utsusemi / Nizayama Forest Art Museum (Toyama) / Solo Exhibition ; White to White / 2006
A Corridor to Remembrance / (Ishikawa) / Previous Opening Event, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, / 1998
Three-dimensional works such as “Sky Cicada,” which is a stack of blocks of salt, and “Memory Fountain,” in which hundreds of small boats of salt melt in a squall peculiar to Mexico, are made by baking salt to harden it.
Utsusemi / MoMA P.S.1 (New York) / The First Steps; Emerging Artist from Japan / 2003Fountain of Remembrance / Garden of the Sculptures, Verecruz (Mexico) / Installation / 2000Unfulfilled / Kojimachi Gallery (Tokyo) / NFULFILLED / 2000Utsusemi / Gallery Arai (Shizuoka) / Solo Exhibition ; / 1998Utsusemi / Gallery Arai (Shizuoka) / Solo Exhibition ; / 1998To Remembrance / Moromi-Gura (Ishikawa) / Private Collection / 2000Telecom-center (Tokyo) / Standing in the Future / 2000Telecom-center (Tokyo) / Standing in the Future / 2000A Corridor to Remembrance / Gallery LeDeco (Tokyo) / Solo Exhibition ; A Corridor to Remembrance / 1999To Remembrance / Gallery Bellini Yokohama (Kanagawa) / Solo Exhibition ; A Corridor to Remembrance / 1999
