Graben
| Owner | Ube City |
|---|---|
| Search Type | Outdoor Sculpture |
| Japanese Title | 池溝 |
| Artist | 西 雅秋 NISHI Masaaki |
| Exhibition | The 15th UBE Biennale |
| Place | Tokiwa Park |
| Material | Steel |
| Year | 1993 |
| Size | 300cm×620cm×620cm |
| Weight | 4000kg |
| Concept | 常盤公園の一隅にある自然の松の木を取り込んで作られた鉄製の植木鉢？。16枚のコールテン鋼はここへきて植木鉢の役割を果たさせられるまでは、一年も前から、どこか名も知らぬ瀬戸内海の岸壁下の海水の中で腐食が進むままに放置されていたのだという。このように西雅秋の素材への接近の仕方は用意周到である。気候、環境などの変容とともに自らが生きて在るように、素材もまた発表の場や空間との避けがたい親和力を荷負わせられている。第15回現代日本彫刻展で大賞を獲得したこの「池溝」は、だがしかし、作者の手によって解体され、常盤公園のどこか地中深く眠りつづけて、いまは“幻の大賞作品”なのだ。何年か後に作者の手で再び蘇える日が待ち遠しい。 The piece is an iron flowerpot – of a sort – encircling natural pine trees growing in a corner of Tokiwa Park. The 16 weathering steel panels are said to have been left unattended for a year in the sea water along a quay wall somewhere in the Seto Inland Sea. As seen in this example, Masaaki Nishi approaches his materials with meticulous calculation. Just like us, surviving by adjusting ourselves to changing climate, environment, etc., sculpture materials have an unavoidable burden to get along with the location and space where the sculpture is displayed. Chiko (Pond Graben), the winner of the Grand Prix at the 15th Contemporary Japanese Sculpture Exhibition, was dismantled by the sculptor and has since been buried somewhere deep in Tokiwa Park, making it a “ghost Grand Prix.” We wish the revival of it by the hands of the artist in the near future. |
| Document ID | 21561 |
| Source | 第15回現代日本彫刻展 大賞（宇部市賞）Grand Prize (Ube City Prize) |