Silent Invader (SS_bl20)
Year: 2023
Material/Technique: Mixed Media, Thread, Silk
Size: 27 × 35 × 3 cm
Edition: Unique
Signed:Included
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About the Work
- Year
- 2023
- Material/Technique
- Mixed Media, Thread, Silk
- Size
- 27 × 35 × 3 cm
- Edition
- Unique
- Signed
- Included
- Frame
- Included
- Work Certificate
- Included
- Distributor of artworks
- Hidemi Shimura
- Ship-from Area
- Saitama Prefecture
- Days Until Dispatch
- About a Week
- Category
- Mixed Media
- Style
- Conceptual, Primitivism, Minimalism
Work Details
作品のコンセプト・制作意図
「世の中にいつのまにかバーコードが普及してしばらくになるが、はたしてバーコードというのはいったい何者なのであろうか?宇宙人が地球を支配するために送り込んだ使者かも知れず、CIAのような秘密組織が人々を洗脳するために生み出した暗号かもしれないではないか。 バーコード達は今ごろ何かを企んでいるに違いない。皆さんもバーコードをご利用する際には十分気をつけましょう。」
作品のバーコード部分は人間と人間の生活そのものを表し、カラー部分は人間をとりまく世界を表しています。この世界には様々な人間、様々な物で溢れています。小さな部分にフォーカスしてみると、人と人は時にお互いにうまく行かなかったり、物と物も組み合わせがちぐはぐであったりします。
この作品は近くで見ると合わない色が隣同士に配置されていたりするのですが、遠くから全体を見てみると以外とどんな色の組み合わせでも美しく見え、沢山の色が交じり合う所には色彩理論など入り込む余地がないように思われます。 私達を取り巻く世界も一見カオスなように見えて実は調和が保たれており、一歩離れて世界を遠くから見ることにより新たな美しさ・調和を発見できます。このように、私達をとりまく世界と人々のささやかな生活の関係をこの作品では表現しています。
作品を制作するにあたり、まず写真を1枚選んで用意をします。その写真の中の色をピックアップしながら刺繍糸をアクリル板に巻いていきます。そのため、作品の中の色の組み合わせは無作為であり、シムラ自身が考えて配置を決めているわけではありません。 シムラの作品に対して色数が多い割に圧迫感がないとよく言われる理由は、人間の脳を極力介さずに、私たちを取り巻く世界の色そのものをそのまま作品に反映しようとしている点と、刺繍糸を使用しているため質感に独特の温かみが追加されているのが所以ではないかと思われます。
額装について
展示風景より、額装後のイメージ
作品サイズ 14.5cm x 21cm(額装サイズ:27x 35x 3cm)
白い浮かしタイプの木製の額縁です。
作品やタイトルに込めた想い
私はアクリル板と棒に刺繍糸を巻きつけるという技法で、ストライプ模様のカラフルな作品を制作しています。色彩の組み合わせは私たちを取り巻く世界を表しており、細部を見れば通常は一緒に使われないであろう色が隣り合わせに配置されていたりします。この世界には多様な人々と様々な物が溢れています。一見するとカオスに見えるかもしれませんが、遠くから眺めることにより、予想外の調和が見つかる事があります。このように、私は私たちを取り巻く世界と人々の日常生活の関係をアートを通じて表現しています。
私の作品は、異なる要素が調和して生まれる予想外の美しさを表現する事を目的としています。日常生活の中に潜むさりげない美を捉え、それを私の作品を通じて表現することで、人々が世界をより深く理解し、生きることを楽にする手助けを提供したいと考えています。
制作手法や使用している道具
素材:刺繍糸(シルク)、アクリル板、両面テープ、紙
※細く切ったアクリル板に刺繍糸を巻きつけたものをアクリル板に貼り合わせたもの
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Artist
Contemporary Fiber Artist
Her works, meticulously crafted using threads, aim to faithfully reflect the world around us—including the connections between people, and between people and the world itself. After majoring in fashion design at Musashino Art University, she worked as a 3D CG creator before becoming a contemporary artist. Soon after her debut, she held her first solo exhibition in Paris and has since been actively exhibiting internationally. From 2006 to 2013, she lived and worked as an artist in Shanghai. In recent years, she has challenged herself with experimental creations, continually developing new series of works. She has exhibited extensively in Tokyo, Shanghai, and throughout Japan, China, Taiwan, Europe, and the United States. She currently resides in Saitama Prefecture. 1974 Born in Japan 1997 Graduated from Musashino Art Univ. Tokyo (Majored in scenic display and fashion design) 1998–2004 Worked for some company as a 3DCG animation creator, then became a contemporary artist. 2007–2013 Lived in Shanghai, China, did activity as a contemporary artist there. 2013.12 Moved back to Japan, now lives in Tokorozawa-city, Saitama. Solo Exhibitions 2025.8 Visionaire Thread Shibuya Hikarie 8/CUBE(Tokyo) 2019.12 Track Shun art gallery(Shanghai, China) 2018.4 Parallel World gallery fu(Yokohama, Japan) 2018.4 Blooming -Vol.2- JINEN GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan) 2018.3 Parallel World Fangrong Art Museum(Suzhou, China) 2016.4 Blooming JINEN GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan) 2015.8 Silent Invaders in Yokohama -public viewing of a striped alien’s room- gallery fu(Yokohama, Japan) 2015.8 Silent Invaders Back in Tokyo wine-ba(Tokyo, Japan) 2015.6 Hidemi Shimura Solo Exhibition JINEN GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan) 2012.5 Silent Invaders in Shanghai -No.3- M55 Ladyship’s Bar(Shanghai, China) 2012.5 Silent Invaders in Shanghai -No.2- Chance Workshop(Shanghai, China) 2012.2 JiaoJiao Art Event Collecting Everyone’s New Year Wish Jiao Bar(Shanghai, China) 2010.11 Suzhou Colors True Color Museum(Suzhou, China) 2010.3 Silent Invaders in Shanghai Yard Gallery(Shanghai, China) 2006.2 Silent Invaders in Tokyo gallery Muran(Tokyo, Japan) 2006.8 Silent Invaders in LA Art Cafe KALDI(Los Angeles, USA) 2005.10 Silent Invaders Galerie Hitomi Bushi d’Eau(Paris, France) Group Exhibitions 2025.5 New Direction for the Bay Area Guangzhou international art week (Guangzhou, China) 2025.3 Uselessness 3723 Art Museum(Shanghai, China) 2023.9 Art Fair GINZA 2023 Ginza Mitsukoshi(Tokyo, Japan) 2023.6 Two Person Show JIKAN -time- Luka Art Gallery(Sintra, Portugal) 2023.4 Tagboat Art Fair 2023 Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba(Tokyo, Japan) 2022.11 Art Fair HAKATA tagboat x HAKATA HANKYU Hakata Hankyu(Fukuoka, Japan) 2022.10 émergence no1. produced by h2o project galerie au médicis(Paris, France) 2022.8 Art Fair GINZA 2022 Ginza Mitsukoshi(Tokyo, Japan) 2022.3 Tagboat Art Fair 2022 Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba(Tokyo, Japan) 2022.3 CORE part11 gallery tagboat(Tokyo, Japan) 2022.3 TAGBOAT ART SHOW × Hankyu MEN’S TOKYO by gallery tagboat(Tokyo, Japan) 2021.7 Art extra area gallery tagboat(Tokyo, Japan) 2021.3 Art Liberation Zone EATS Nihonbashi produced by Tagboat LAUNCH Build.(Tokyo, Japan) 2021.3 Tagboat Art Fair 2021 Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba(Tokyo, Japan) 2020.10 tagboat x JR Nagoya Takashimaya JR Nagoya Takashimaya(Nagoya, Japan) 2020.6 Giraffe’s neck -Wait Patiently- Shun Art Gallery(Tokyo, Japan) 2018.11 Fragrance of Old – Those from warehouse Vol.1 Shun Art Gallery(Shanghai, China) 2018.9 ENCONTRO DE RIOS -URBAN DIALOGUES- Espaço Espelho D´água(Lisbon, Portugal) 2018.7 Tokyo Illusion Taichung Dali Art Plaza(Taichung, Taiwan) 2018.4 Wakaba Luster Blue Roof Art Museum(Chengdu, China) 2017.6 Independent TAIPEI Songshan Cultural and Creative Park(Taipei, Taiwan) 2017.5 erutuF WhyWhyArt at Chic Oasis(Nanjing, China) 2017.2 Special Exhibition | A painting to hang on a living room gallery fu(Yokohama, Japan) 2016.7 Independent TOKYO Asakusa Hulic Hall(Tokyo, Japan) 2016.1 Dekotokonoma Ten Vol.3 gallery DAZZLE(Tokyo, Japan) 2015.12 imagine -tomorrow- gallery fu & LAUNCH PAD GALLERY(Yokohama, Japan) 2015.7 JINEN GALLERY SELECTION 2015 JINEN GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan) 2015.6 Art & Design Kawagoe gallery R+(Kawagoe, Japan) 2015.5 Tokyo International Art Fair Harajuku Quest Hall(Tokyo, Japan) 2015.2 Theme Time Art Show -MUSIC- gallery fu(Yokohama, Japan) 2014.11 Musashino Art Univ. Small Works Show Muse Tokorozawa Exhibit Hall(Saitama, Japan) 2014.10 TDW Art Fair, Tokyo Designer’s Week(Tokyo, Japan) 2014.2 Two Person Show Colors Up Close, Gradations at a Distance Shinjuku Keio Plaza Hotel(Tokyo, Japan) 2012.8 Chinese Landscape Gensler Architecture Office Art Event(Shanghai, China) 2012.6 Power Of Line CULTUREINSIDEgallery(Luxembourg) 2012.3 Anti Gray Zone CULTUREINSIDEgallery(Luxembourg) 2011.3 DIFFERENCES?/SIMILARITIES! by Urban Dialogues© Exhibition Center De Bijl(Zoersel, Belgium) 2010.12 Coding at YongKang-Lu Art(Shanghai, China) 2010.4 Three Fiber Artist’s Exhibition at Dohjidai Gallery(Shanghai, China) 2009.9 Various Lines at Yard Gallery(Shanghai, China) 2009.1 Waken Up Your Talent! at Ligare Gallery(Shanghai, China) 2008.9 Accidentes plasticos at Galeria Catarsis(Madrid, Spain) 2008.8 Each Girl, Each Color at Ligare Gallery(Shanghai, China) 2008.4 Clay and Fiber at Woman Made Gallery(Chicago, USA) 2008.2 Mix It Up at Rhonda Schaller Studio(New York, USA) 2007.9 NON STOP -OTROS EMERGENTES- at Galeria Catarsis(Madrid, Spain) 2006.9 ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO JAPONES NON STOP at Galeria Catarsis(Madrid, Spain) 2005.11 Exchange at Shanghai Donghua Univ.(Shanghai, China) 2005.11 KOMIMARU Exhibition 2005 Center of Suita History and Culture(Osaka, Japan) 2006.3 Let’s Enjoy Modern Art! Suita Center of History and Culture(Osaka, Japan) 2004.12 KOMIMARU Exhibition 2004 Center of Suita Art Fair 2020.1 0101 Art Fair Auction Center Taipei (Taipei) 2019.10 Autumn Contemporary Art Salon Auction Center Taipei (Taipei) 2019.5 Citizen Art Shanghai 2019 Twelve at Hengshan (Shanghai) 2010.5 Shanghai Spring Art Salon (Shanghai) 2007.12 bridgeArtFair miami07 (Miami) 2007.10 bridgeArtFair london07 (London) 2007.5 KunStart 2007 (Bolzano, Italy) 2007.1 ART LA 2007 (Los Angles) 2006.11 Edinburgh Art Fair (Edinburgh,UK) 2006.10 scopeLONDON (London) 2006.7 scopeHAMPTON (Hampton, NY) 2005.5 Shanghai Spring Art Salon (Shanghai) Others 2019.10-12 Artist Residency at Zhujiajiao Shanghai produced by Shun art gallery (Shanghai) 2019.2 Exhibited at a Fashion event rooms experience 38 Gotanda TOC (Tokyo, Japan) 2018.3 Artist Residency at Espaço Espelho D’água produced by Urban Dialogues (Suzhou, China) 2018.3 Artist Residency at 56 Cultural & Creative Park produced by pantocrator gallery (Suzhou, China) 2014.11 Exhibited as a finalist Nishiwaki Thumbhole Art Award Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki (Hyogo, Japan) 2014.10 Win Second Prize at TDW Art Fair award, Tokyo Designer’s Week (Tokyo) 2012.1-2013.11 Permanent exhibition at SOSIN contemporary (Shanghai) 2011.10 Exhibited at Culture Event Japan Culture & Fashion Week Xintiandi Square (Shanghai) 2011.6 Charity Art Auction If We Hold On Together Shun Art Gallery (Shanghai) 2011.2 Produced Art Event Innovative Stream at Bandao1919 Japan Culture Village (Shanghai) 2010.6–12 Artist Residency at True Color Museum (Suzhou, China) 2009.1 Produced Eco Bag Project the Nomadic “decob” in Shanghai at the Foundry Gallery (Shanghai) 2008.11 Won Grand Prize at International Juried Show at SEGO Art Center (Provo, Utah, the U. S.) 2007.3 Village Asia – 9eme Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville (Deauville, France) 2006.12-2009.1 Exhibited artworks at gallery space at Auction House ARTCURIAL (Paris) 2005.11-2007.2 Dealt artworks in a boutique Black Block at Palais de Tokyo (Paris) 2004.4 Won Grand Prix Next One’s Competition at galleryEsiesta (Tokyo) 2003 Selected and exhibited at Print’s 21 Grand Prix (Tokyo) 1997 Selected and exhibited Modern Art Small Works Competition at Ono Art Gallery (Tokyo)
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