About the Work
- Year
- 2021
- Edition
- Unique
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- Category
- Sculpture
- Style
- Society / Politics / History
Work Details
西尾は、指で粘土を押す軌跡のみで作った雌型から作品を制作する独自の手法「陰刻鋳造」による立体造形で、その膨大な作業と規模の作品が圧倒的な存在感を放つアーティストです。
今回は3mの彫刻作品《磔刑》とレリーフ作品《唐櫃》の2点を展示します。これらの作品は、人間の想像力によって生まれる様々な物語や信仰から着想を得て制作されました。この2作品が、健康に良いと信じられて流行したラドン風呂跡に展示されることにより、西尾は人間が何かを「信じる」ことや、恐怖心や執着から派生する願望や快楽について問いかけます。
Exhibition Information
- Past Exhibitions
- Reborn-Art Festival 2021-22 [夏会期]08.11.2021 - 09.26
Artist
Sculptor
Affiliated Gallery
Born in 1967 in Tokyo, Nishio graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Musashino Art University. Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. He is known for his unique sculptural technique, “negative casting,” in which works are created from molds made solely from the impressions of fingers pressed into clay. Notable works include the five-meter-long battleship “Minsk” (2004) and the six-meter-tall “Crash Sayla Mass” (2005), whose immense scale and labor-intensive production give them a striking presence. In addition to sculpture, he also produces ink and oil paintings. In his 2016 solo exhibition at Yamamoto Gendai, Nishio presented “REM (Rapid Eye Movement)”, an immersive work in which viewers wearing head-mounted displays could visually experience crowds of figures created in 3D computer graphics. Collection Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia The National Museum of Art, Osaka Takahashi Ryutaro Collection
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