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In this "GEIDAI UNDERGROUND" exhibition, 10 works selected from a wide range of fields through on-campus selection from the graduated and finished works of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020 will be exhibited sequentially over three periods.

I hope you will see a number of works full of youthful energy and motivation, and enjoy the lively charm of culture and art.

At the Metropolitan Foundation, I sincerely hope that young artists will take this opportunity to make a further leap forward.

Exhibition period: From May 1 (Sat) to August 9 (Mon), 2021

Host: Metro Cultural Foundation

Planning Supervision: Tokyo University of the Arts

Configuration: Junji Ito

(The image at the beginning is also a part of this work.)

"The manga in the image on display is a sculpture made of iron bars, and this sculpture is still permanently installed in some forest.

In this work, a permanent object somewhere is regarded as a manga "manuscript" and an image taken of a "manuscript" is regarded as a "publication".

Like the manga actually distributed, the manuscript of this work is also placed in a place that is not visible to readers, and only the images as "publications" are displayed.

In this work, the image as a "publication" is a part of being viewed directly by people, and it is evidence that there is certainly a "manuscript" somewhere.

The site where the manuscript is placed is not directly seen, but rather, through the imagination of the person who saw the publication, it is unevenly distributed to the nearby thicket of trees in the distant mountains.

・・・ Take a look at the five fronts and one on the left, and draw on the intention of the author.

In this work, I created three works on the theme of the assumed plants.

All of them use drying techniques.

I'm interested in objects and interiors in the living space, and I made this work with the image of an object placed in a sophisticated room.

In addition, I think that the curve beauty, color, and vitality born from plants have the power to make you want to see forever.

I used lacquer, a natural material collected from wood, to express beautiful plants as a semi-permanent work.

At the Okugawa village in Nishiaizu-cho, Fukushima Prefecture, where the filming site was set, young people born and raised in the city listened to local residents about traditional culture, lifestyle and food that have been nurtured in the area for a long time. Talk.

And the young people walk in a temporary guardian of children and travelers made of snow, as if they rejoin the former Okugawa village where women carry the guardian of children and travelers and go around the houses.

Culture to lose and culture to remain.

People with different backgrounds and ideas are trying to create a new community by talking face-to-face, drinking and eating together.

Is it really right that we think right as a matter of course?

Rethink what diversity is by capturing things from various perspectives.

Ginza Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line, Hibiya Line

Near the entrances B7 and B8 underground concourses