Waku
Afterimage
15 Oct–13 Nov 2022
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Waku
Afterimage
15 Oct–13 Nov 2022
Gallery COMMONでは2022年10月15日(土)から11月13日(日)まで、Wakuの個展「Afterimage」を開催いたします。本展では、ネオンの光の可能性を探求し続ける作家の、新たな方向性を示す新作を発表いたします。
本展で発表される新作のモチーフとなるのは、現代の消費社会で私たちがよく目にする記号たちです。Wakuは新作において、それらの文字列の可読性や文脈を剥ぎ取ったうえで視覚的に圧縮することで、作品へと昇華させます。
ネオン職人として活動する一方で、「形に一定の意味があることへの違和感」を契機として作品の制作を開始したWaku。これまで、ネオンサインから光のみを抽出したかのような、抽象的な形態の作品で知られてきました。彼は「光そのものに焦点をあてるためには、ネオン管の形が直接的、具体的であってはならない」と述べ、手描きのドローイングの線からネオン管を造形することで、工業製品とは対照的に、作品としてのネオンに自身の主観を反映するアプローチを取ってきました。彼の作品におけるネオンはすなわち、社会的な機能や特定の記号に還元されることなく、「そのもの」として光を放つことを特徴としてきました。
Artworks
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Waku Untitled, 2022
8mm glass tubes, argon gas, aluminum, wood h140.5 × w135.1 × d12 cm
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