解説しかない / There are only explanations
2019
Installation
現代美術の展示会場へ行ってしばしば、作品本体を一瞥した後すぐに説明書きを読んでいるような鑑賞者を見かけることがあります。
私もどちらかといえばそのような傾向が強いのですが、そんな光景を外側から見ていると、一体何を見に来たのだろうかと疑問をいだきます。
何をどう考えても、作品本体を見に来たはずなのですが。
私もどちらかといえばそのような傾向が強いのですが、そんな光景を外側から見ていると、一体何を見に来たのだろうかと疑問をいだきます。
何をどう考えても、作品本体を見に来たはずなのですが。
しかし、なんとなく意味ありげな筆のストロークであったり、
何が写っているのかは判然としない異国で撮ったであろう映像を見ていても何も分からずモヤモヤとするので、
それが嫌で説明書きを見に行ってしまいます。
何が写っているのかは判然としない異国で撮ったであろう映像を見ていても何も分からずモヤモヤとするので、
それが嫌で説明書きを見に行ってしまいます。
特に書道の展示では何が書いてあるのか分からず、近くの活字説明を見てしまう事が多いようにかんじます。
なんで文字の展示に文字で書かれた説明が必要なんだろう？
そんな疑問を元に説明書きが本体の作品を制作しました。
赤いパネルには予め想定したネガティヴな鑑賞者の感想、
青いパネルには予め想定したポジティヴな鑑賞者の感想、
黒いパネルには展示の説明書きにいかにも書いて有りそうなそれっぽい言葉を、
白いパネルには多種多様なキャプションをそれぞれ印刷し展示しました。
青いパネルには予め想定したポジティヴな鑑賞者の感想、
黒いパネルには展示の説明書きにいかにも書いて有りそうなそれっぽい言葉を、
白いパネルには多種多様なキャプションをそれぞれ印刷し展示しました。
これは、中身が真っ更で解説しかない作品です。
Often when I visit contemporary art exhibitions, I see people who, after taking a glance at the work itself, immediately read the explanatory notes.
I have a strong tendency to do this myself, but when I see such a scene from the outside, I wonder what they have come to see.
No matter what I think, I should have come to see the artwork itself.
However, the strokes of the brush that seem to have some meaning, or the fact that the artist has not yet decided what is in the picture, make it difficult to understand.
I was looking at images that were probably shot in a foreign country, and I couldn't understand what was in the images, so I went to see the description.
I don't like that, so I go and look at the explanatory notes.
In particular, in calligraphy exhibitions, I often don't understand what is written and end up looking at the explanations in printed text nearby.
I have a strong tendency to do this myself, but when I see such a scene from the outside, I wonder what they have come to see.
No matter what I think, I should have come to see the artwork itself.
However, the strokes of the brush that seem to have some meaning, or the fact that the artist has not yet decided what is in the picture, make it difficult to understand.
I was looking at images that were probably shot in a foreign country, and I couldn't understand what was in the images, so I went to see the description.
I don't like that, so I go and look at the explanatory notes.
In particular, in calligraphy exhibitions, I often don't understand what is written and end up looking at the explanations in printed text nearby.
Why do we need a written explanation for a calligraphy exhibition?
Based on this question, we created a work in which the explanatory text is the main body of the exhibition.
The red panel shows the negative impressions of the viewers, which we assumed in advance, and the blue panel shows the positive impressions of the viewers, which we assumed in advance.
The blue panel shows the positive impressions of the viewers, and the black panel shows the description of the exhibition.
The black panels are words that could have been written in the exhibition description, and the white panels are a variety of captions.
The white panels were printed with a variety of captions.
This is a work that is completely blank and contains only commentary.
The red panel shows the negative impressions of the viewers, which we assumed in advance, and the blue panel shows the positive impressions of the viewers, which we assumed in advance.
The blue panel shows the positive impressions of the viewers, and the black panel shows the description of the exhibition.
The black panels are words that could have been written in the exhibition description, and the white panels are a variety of captions.
The white panels were printed with a variety of captions.
This is a work that is completely blank and contains only commentary.