Lonely Figure
| Owner | Ube City |
|---|---|
| Search Type | Outdoor Sculpture |
| Japanese Title | 孤独の輪郭 |
| Artist | 木村 光佑 KIMURA Kosuke |
| Material | Stainless Steel |
| Year | 1977 |
| Size | 140cm×450cm×450cm |
| Concept | 90cm角のステンレス板25枚が床に正方形に張ってあって、ちょうど中央付近に、やはりステンレスでできた肘掛けイスが一脚ぽつんと置かれている。鏡面の床にはもちろんイスは逆さまに写っているが、床にはもう一つのイスの影がある。鏡面を腐食させやや斜め上方からイスの輪郭の影が延びている。一体誰が何のために座るイスなのか。この作品がつくられた折は屋外の芝生の中に設置されたため太陽光線や雲行きなどが次々に変化して不思議な王国（空間）を感じさせたものだが、ハテサテ、座るべき王とは誰か。 The artwork consists of 25 square stainless panels with 90cm on each side, laid out to form a large square, while a stainless armchair sitting lonely around the middle of the square floor. The mirror-finished floor naturally reflects the chair upside down, but there is another, artificial shadow of the chair on the floor – an elongated silhouette, created by an imaginary light source from above in a slightly slanted angle, depicted with corroded surface. Whom does it belong to, and for what purpose? When the work was first installed on an open-air lawn, it reflected everchanging rays of the sun and traveling clouds to create a fascinating kingdom (a space), but indeed, who is the king meant for the throne? |
| Document ID | 21498 |
| Source | 第7回現代日本彫刻展 大賞（宇部市賞）Grand Prize (Ube City Prize) |