Sun Saddle '87
| Owner | Ube City |
|---|---|
| Search Type | Outdoor Sculpture |
| Japanese Title | SUN SADDLE ’87 |
| Artist | 山口 牧生 YAMAGUCHI Makio |
| Exhibition | The 12th UBE Biennale |
| Place | Tokiwa Park |
| Material | Stone |
| Year | 1987 |
| Size | 50cm×430cm×130cm |
| Weight | 6000kg |
| Concept | SUN SADDLEとは、つまり“陽の鞍”。全体は舟形のように細長く寡黙なたたずまいだ。上部のわずかに窪んだ水平面は鏡のように磨かれていて、細いグラフィックな線状痕が無数に刻まれている。だが、いったん太陽がその鏡面にギラギラ南中すると、そこは太陽の石舞台と化す。線状痕は日時計の代わりをつとめ、もし雨水がたまったときは舞台はもっと劇的になるだろう。寡黙な石こそ多くを語る。作者の意もそこにある。 As a whole, it looks like a slender boat, left ashore in silence. The slightly dented horizontal surface on the top is polished until it gleams like a mirror, on which fine, numerous graphic linear marks are chiseled out. Once the sun culminates, however, the glaring light transforms the polished surface into a dais of the sun. the linear chisel marks function like notches on a sundial, and the dais would increase its dramatic effect when it accumulates rainwater. Quiet stones are more eloquent than anything. The sculptor knew it exactly. |
| Document ID | 21534 |
| Source | 第12回現代日本彫刻展 大賞（宇部市賞）Grand Prize (Ube City Prize) |