Trace [II]

 

Although two kinds are with having carried out chestnut and having carried out green, in Usui
Yamanaka of Shinshu, only one kind which carried out green almost lives. It seems that it is alive
from the end time of July to the middle in September. Since it goes down to 62 to 63 degrees in
the morning and goes down to 57 to 58 degrees night, even if alive, it stops being about 70
degrees daytime, when it becomes in mid-September, but crying. That is, it will shrink from cold.
Since Yamanaka in Usui which becomes in October and which will be rich changes to cold like
early winter, it becomes impossible for Insecta to live. It is because frost gets down.
Mostly, although I put one grasshopper at a time into a basket and keep it, even if I bring back to
Tokyo, I am alive only two to 3 day. Although there is a relation shaken by train on the way, it may
be because climate is hot. Since Yamanaka in Shinshu is 77 to 78 cool degrees also in summer, it
will not match the heat of Tokyo. The difference between evening dew, damp grass, air, etc. will
not give the power of being alive at it to a grasshopper sensit ive to climate. [Naoto Iwasaki]

　野外美術館で最も視界の開けた小高い丘に、鉄線で造形された13体の犬の姿が認められる。川上がルーマニア滞在時（2014年）に街でよく目にした野良犬から想を得たもので、線のみで構成された造形からは幻影的な儚さ、残像的なもの悲しさがそこはかとなく感じられる。その反面、彼らを硬く冷たい裏街から緑豊かな野に移し放ったようで、鮮やかな命が改めて吹き込まれたようにも見えるし、また皆が丘の上の一点を目指し歩む様は希望へと前進する活力が加えられているようにも見える。
　同じ線材を用いても、本作のように空間に走り描くクロッキー的作品とは対照的に、幾何学的に組まれた理知的な構成表現も川上は得意とする。そもそも作者は鍛
金が基礎にあり、この技術を駆使してのマッシブな面構造の作品もやはり巧みにこなす。いずれにおいても通底するのは、対象の表層を取りながらもその奥深くにひそむ核をとらえようとする姿勢。作品に認められる堅牢な美は、その堅固な姿勢に裏打ち
されている。［N.I.］

 

Consists of 13 dog figure
9 gauge steel Wire
570x350x990 ~ 760x320x1100㎜