Gallery Maki
JUN. 1988
material paper
250x500x12cm
I don't have any money, but I have
lots of time,”
I said, to which the lady replied,
”You'd better save your money now.
If you follow this person, you will
be fine! ....
I
followed the man, who was the same age as my father,
like a horse through the streets of
Kanda,
where the old downtown atmosphere still
remained.
1988 Solo Exhibition Maki Gallery
Kyuichi Sato Exhibition (Until June 26th, 1988, Nihonbashi Honcho , Maki
Gallery)
How much mass can you create a space from a thin material such as paper?
The artist who is fighting this problem announced a powerful work full of force.
Using kraft paper as a support, magazines are stacked on four layers,
five layers and the front and back, glued, and countless fasteners are embedded on the entire surface.
As the work continued while lying on the ground, soil grains, stones and pieces of wood
adhered to the surface, and an unexpected Machere was born.
The irregular holes cut into the screen imply the thickness of the space created by the materials.
The hidden back side shows up in another two-dimensional work made by
laminating twenty four sheets of Japanese paper transferred with blue pigment.
The similarities and differences between the front and the back
also make it possible to convey the expansion of the space vividly.
There are also curved semi-solids that use wood together.