Works
作品
About Artist
作家について
When you stand in front of Ito’s work, Crystallized Landscape, your body and mind enter the painting and you feel as if you are slowly travelling somewhere. You begin to feel a vast expanse that exceeds the actual size of the painting.
The painted objects seem to be filled with light and you feel a kind of radiance of life. The paintings seem to express an image that cannot be expressed in words, and the movement of the paintings seems to be a record of the vibrancy of life in the unconscious realm. It can therefore be said to be an expression of the primordial atmosphere of life in search of light.
In addition, the work also contains elements of the cosmos. It is work that allows the viewer to feel the expanse of the universe and the radiance of life on the painting’s surface. This is the source of a certain sense of comfort and security that we feel when looking at Taiga Ito’s ‘Crystallized Landscape’.
By the way, perspective is not used in the ‘Crystallized Landscape’ works. Even without perspective, the works have a sense of depth and three-dimensionality. It is a work that has the amazing ability to make us feel and see the universe and its existence on a two-dimensional plane.
In ‘Crystallized Landscape’, he uses a technique known as ‘tapping brush’, in which he taps the brush into the canvas and immerses herself in the work to the point where he forgets himself. The conscious awareness of the unconscious in the making of these works is an important element in the artistic theory of this body of work.
There is no combative nature (André Malraux) in these works, which is one of the fundamental components of Western art, and there is no dichotomous element. As they are not associated with dichotomies such as “I and you”, “right and wrong”, “good and evil”, etc., they give you a sense of rest and tranquillity when you look at them. In addition, the screen work is very carefully crafted and has a kind of superior craftsmanship. In this sense, it can be said to be a very Japanese expression.
Taiga Ito’s ‘Crystallized Landscape’ works are contemporary, Japanese-style oil paintings that emerge from a different context from Western art history, a style that has the potential to relativise Western art history.
The artist sees a deep meaning in the one-time nature of life phenomena and approaches his paintings as a record of a certain time. What is felt in the work is the dynamic relationship between (un)consciousness and the (cosmic) world that is constantly emerging inside the human being.
結晶する風景
自然に見えるように、自然に近づくように、
そして「もう一つの自然」となるように
「結晶する風景」という主題は叩き筆による描法と深く関わっている
叩くことによる無意識の導入によって「描く」ことを拒み
「描かれた」画面ではなく、「結晶した」画面ができる。
「描く」ことを超えて自分の感性と画面を直接に結びつける行為が「叩く」こと
それによって現れてくるのは内面に宿る風景だ
自分の中にある自然の記憶を絵具という形で表出させ記録する
自然は心地よいリズムを持っている
人体、木、花、川、海、風景、動物をデッサンしているとわかる
そしてそのリズムは自分の中にも在る
自分の身体的リズムが自然のリズムと同調したとき
絵画は結晶する
伊藤泰雅
Crystallized landscapes
To look like nature, to be close to nature
And to become “another nature”.
The subject of “crystallized landscapes” is deeply related to the technique of painting with a tapping brush.
The introduction of the unconscious by tapping refuses to ‘paint’.
The result is not a ‘painted’ screen, but a ‘crystallized’ one.
Tapping is an act that goes beyond ‘painting’ and directly links one’s sensibility to the screen.
What emerges from this is a landscape that dwells within.
The memory of nature within me is expressed and recorded in the form of paint.
Nature has a pleasant rhythm.
You can see this when you draw the human body, trees, flowers, rivers, seas, landscapes and animals.
And this rhythm is also present in me.
When my physical rhythm is in tune with the rhythm of nature
the painting crystallizes.
Taiga Ito
略歴
1964年 | 静岡県下田生まれ |
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1991年 | 東京藝術大学大学院 美術研究科油画技法・材料修了 |
主な個展
1992,1994年 | 銀座スルガ台画廊(東京/銀座) |
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2002~2008年 | ガリル・ソル(東京/銀座) |
2007年 | Galerie Satellite 2(フランス/パリ) |
2016年 | 「絵のそら」ギャラリー檜F(東京/京橋) |
2018~2020年 | 「結晶する風景」ギャラリー檜e・F(東京/京橋) |
2021年 | 「結晶する風景」M-GALLERY(埼玉/川口) |
2023年 | 「結晶する風景」伊勢丹新宿本店 アートギャラリー(東京/新宿) |
2024年 | 「結晶する風景」仙台三越(宮城/仙台) |
主なグループ展
1992,1993年 | 現代日本美術展 東京都美術館(東京/上野)ほか |
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1999~2001年 | 関口芸術基金賞展〔2001優秀賞〕 柏市民ギャラリー(千葉/柏) |
2008年 | ボンジュール ドゥ フランス 日仏交流展 田中一村美術館(鹿児島/奄美) |
2014~2017年 | びしき展 銀座井上画廊(東京/銀座) |
2017年 | 「表層の冒険-抽象のアポカリプス」〔谷川渥企画〕ギャラリー鴻(東京/蒲田) |
「アートオリンピア2017」〔入賞〕としまセンタースクエア(東京/池袋) | |
2018年 | “Whereabouts of oscillation” @Saitama(埼玉/さいたま) |
2018、2019年 | びしき展 ギャラリー日比谷(東京/日比谷) |
2019年 | 「表層の冒険-抽象のミュトロギア」〔谷川渥企画〕ギャラリー鴻(東京/蒲田) |
Biography
1964 | Born in Shizuoka Prefecture |
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1991 | Completed the postgraduate course in oil painting techniques and materials at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music |
Main solo exhibitions
1992,1994 | Ginza Surugadai Gallery (Tokyo/Ginza) |
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2002~2008 | Galil Sol (Tokyo/Ginza) |
2007 | Galerie Satellite 2 (Paris, France) |
2016 | “Picture Sky” Gallery Hinoki F (Kyobashi, Tokyo) |
2018~2020 | “Crystallized Landscape” Gallery Hinoki e・F, Kyobashi, Tokyo |
2021 | “Crystallized Landscape” M-GALLERY (Kawaguchi, Saitama) |
2023 | “Crystallized Landscape” Isetan Shinjuku Art Gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo) |
2024 | “Crystallized Landscape” Sendai Mitsukoshi (Sendai, Miyagi) |
Major group exhibitions
1992,1993 | Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Ueno, Tokyo), etc. |
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1999~2001 | Sekiguchi Art Fund Award Exhibition [’01 Excellence Prize] Kashiwa Civic Gallery (Kashiwa, Chiba) |
2008 | Bonjour de France Japan-France Exchange Exhibition Tanaka Isson Museum of Art (Kagoshima/Amami) |
2014~2017 | Bishiki Exhibition Ginza Inoue Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo) |
2017 | “Adventure of Surface – Apocalypse of Abstraction” [planned by Atsushi Tanigawa] Gallery Hung (Kamata, Tokyo) |
Art Olympia 2017 [prize-winning] Toshima Centre Square (Tokyo/Ikebukuro) | |
2018 | “Whereabouts of oscillation” @Saitama (Saitama/Saitama) |
2018、2019 | Bishiki Exhibition Gallery Hibiya (Tokyo/Hibiya) |
2019 | “Adventures of Surface – Mutologia of Abstraction” [planned by Atsushi Tanigawa] Gallery Ko (Kamata, Tokyo) |
2021 | “Adventures of Surface – Baroquism of Abstraction” [planned by Atsushi Tanigawa] Gallery Ko (Kamata, Tokyo) |