photo: SAIKI Taku
Rosa hybrida Hort, Oxalis corniculata, Coniogramme intermedia Heron, Liriope minor, Conandron ramondioides, Hybisecus Syriacus, Calystegia japonica, Oenothera tetraptera, Hedera helix
| Artist | HASHIMOTO Masaya |
|---|---|
| Year | 2010 |
| Material/ Technique | deer antler, deer bone |
| Size/ Duration | H50 × W44 × D31cm |
| Copyright Notice | © HASHIMOTO Masaya |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2014 |
| Description | Born in Gifu, Japan in 1978. Lives and works in Kanagawa. Hashimoto Masaya picked up a piece of driftwood while traveling in India in 2000 and was inspired to use it to begin making hairpins and other accessories. He continued traveling around the world in search of new materials. After returning to Japan, he based his activities in Kanagawa prefecture and created beautiful objects with original techniques and materials such as wood, minerals, horn, and animal bones. His solo exhibitions include “Bouef” (Silke and The Gallery, Belgium, 2009), “Seed with no Shell” (London Gallery, 2012), “Hashimoto Masaya: Awai naru mono” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2014). Hashimoto experienced the death of a deer while accompanying a hunter, and he used its horns and bones, materials associated with the animal’s life and death, to carve delicate white flowers that embody a sense of life. Confronting life and death and creating new life with materials that emerge from these realities are integral parts of the artist’s own life. This work portrays flowers that grow in different seasons, including Rosa hybrid Hort, Hybiscus Syriacus, Oxalis corniculata, and Conandron ramondioides. It expresses the artist’s respect for the delicate but resilient and enduring life of flowers that bloom, fall, die, and bloom again. |
NOTES
This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
The data of works and materials are listed in order of title, production year, material/technique/form, dimensions, donor’s name, copyright holder and credit for photograph.
Dimensions are given by height (H) x width (W) in centimeters for plane work, and height (H) x width (W) x depth (D) in cm for 3-D work. Diameter (Ø) is used for circular work.
For the name of country or city, the name currently used in English is listed in principle.