Single bed

Year: 2018

Material/Technique: Oil

Size: 195cm×97cm×3.5cm

Edition: Unique

Signed:Not Set

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Year
2018
Material/Technique
Oil
Size
195cm×97cm×3.5cm
Edition
Unique
Signed
Not Set
Credits
© Kozo kioku
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Not Included
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Category
Painting
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Single bed

父が孤独死した。

冬を越え、春になってしまったようで地元の新聞にも載った。

それが父であるか判別するのに2ヶ月かかった。

彼はまだ50代だった。

葬式も無かった。

その後彼の実家に直接行ったのは私ひとりで、母は大きな花束だけ彼に手向けた。最近のお供え花は、それとは思えないほどに華やかできれいだ。

あれからもうずっと、母が手向けた美しい花のことを考える。

どうしようもなく人が人を愛してしまうことも、憎んでしまうことも、気が狂いそうなほどの寂しさも、手放しがたい孤独も。

眠ることは小さな死だという。

私は今日も自分のシングルベッドで眠る。

My father died in kodokushi (lonely death).

He was there all winter.When found in spring, he was mentioned in local newspaper.

It took 2 more months to verify that it was my father.

He was only a little over 50 then.

There was no funeral.

I was the only one who personally showed up to see his relatives.My mother offered him a big flower arrangement.Recent funeral flowers are gorgeous and beautiful, despite its motive.

Since then I have been thinking about those beautiful flowers that my mother has offered.

And how one could love so helplessly, and how one hates, and about loneliness that drives one crazy, and about solitude that’s hard to let go.

They say that sleeping is like a small death.

I sleep, also today, on my own single bed.

Artist

Arisa Kumagai
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Arisa Kumagai

Artist Oilpainter

2013 B.A. in Oil Painting Course, Kyoto University of Art & Design, Kyoto, Japan
2015 M.A. in Mixed Media Field, Kyoto University of Art & Design, Kyoto, Japan

Solo Exhibition
2025 “Heaven Stolen”Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2023 “…apparently God is forgiving,”Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2022 “My yearning to beYou,”Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2019 “Single bed,”Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2015 “LeisureClass,” Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibition
2024 “KEITA MARUYAMA 30th Anniversary Linked Exhibition On Hare Day”,SCÈNE,Tokyo
2024 “MORIOKA Bookstore×Gallery Koyanagi Linked Exhibition One single book ”,Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2024 “TO KYOTO TEN The Echoes of East Kyoto ”,WHAT CAFE,Tokyo
2023 “Mtk Satellite Vol.3 ”, Mtk satellite,Nagoya
2022 “The first MIMOCA EYE ”,Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art,Kanagawa
2022 “Under Current”,Powerlong Museum Hall 4 & 5,Shanghai
2020 “Shell Art Award 2020/Shell Artist Selection 2020”,The National Art Center Tokyo,Tokyo

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圧倒される。 背景、ストーリーって重要な要素になるんだなと。 実際にこの目で見たらと思うと、ワクワクする。

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