The Stepping Stone
| Owner | Ube City |
|---|---|
| Search Type | Outdoor Sculpture |
| Japanese Title | 飛び石 |
| Artist | 福岡 道雄 FUKUOKA Michio |
| Exhibition | Other |
| Place | City Center |
| Material | Bronze |
| Year | 1996 |
| Size | 64cm×183cm×110cm |
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| Concept | 黒川晃彦の「ロンド」と筋向かいにすえられている。植え込みの中にあって遠くからは目立たないが、黒川作品と同様に、ついつい微笑ましさを投げかける。183×110cmの楕円形の表面に無数のさざ波立つ水面が表現されていて、そこに十数基の飛び石が並べられている。飛び石をわたる人物は作者自身でもあり、どこかで私たち自身をも反映させている姿でもあるかのようだ。60年代から70年代にかけてミニマルな表現の第一線で活躍してきた人だが、近年はこうした景観彫刻とか木箱の彫刻を手がけ、自己の内面の情景化に腐心している。最初FRPで作品化し、それをブロンズに型取りし直した作品である。 The sculpture is installed on the opposite side of the road where Akihiko Kurokawa's “Rondeau” stands. Because of the surrounding shrubbery, it does not stand out from a distance, but it brings inevitable smiles to the faces of passersby, just like the work by Akihiko Kurokawa. The work consists of an oval surface of 183 x 110 cm featuring a water surface with countless ripples and more than a dozen stepping stones forming a line across the surface. The figure of a person trying to travel across the water may be the sculptor, but it could be us at the same time. The sculptor was once a prominent advocate of minimal expression in 1960s and 1970s, but his recent works feature landscapes and wooden boxes, a pursuit to present the artist’s inner thought as a landscape. The sculptor first produced the work with FRP and made a bronze cast from the model. |
| Document ID | 21579 |
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