- 1981
- Born in Shiga, Japan.
- 2005
- Graduated from Osaka University of Arts.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2012
- "The Catastrophic Spectator", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- "The Scene of Accident" Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2006
- "The Creation", Gallery Iteza, Kyoto
- 2005
- "Did my time", Gallery Iteza, Kyoto
- 2004
- "Heart full of pain", Gallery Iteza, Kyoto
- 2003
- "Boys don't cry", GUILD Gallery, Osaka
Group Exhibitions
- 2011
- "2011 FRANTIC UNDERLINES", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- "2010 FRANTIC UNDERLINES Part 1", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
Oxidized Reality, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma2010
"frantic drawings", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo. - 2009
- "TANAGOKORO 9" Radi-um -Roentgenwerke, Tokyo.
- 2008
- "Moeglichkeit", Radi-um -Roentgenwerke, Tokyo.
"Negative/Art Vol.5", GEISAI Museum2, Tokyo. - 2007
- "Negative/Art Vol.4", Osaka Contemporary Art Centre Osaka.
"Negative/Art Vol.3", Gallery Wks, Osaka. - 2006
- Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo.
"Negative/Art Vol.2", Dohjidai Gallery on Art, Kyoto. - 2005
- "Negative/Art Vol.1", Dohjidai Gallery of Art, Kyoto.
- 2003
- "Dot", CASO, Osaka.
Important Private and Public Collections
The Museum Of Modern Art, Gunma
笹山直規は、切り離すことの出来ない生と死というテーマに注目します。彼の最初の顕著なシリーズは「Mountains」という、2003年から2004年にかけて制作されたものです。これは暗い緑とグレーで描かれた空の背景と、肉体的で特殊な柔らかさと形態を持つ山が描かれた絵画でした。内臓の触覚感と可塑性を連想させる山のイメージは、「身体の風景body-landscape」、死の形態学と物理学、形態を損なうことの視覚的効果に対する笹山の関心を明らかに示しています。
同時に、2003年から笹山は多数の自画像を制作します。この一連の作品において、若い作家の内的な衝突、疑いと自滅への衝動が、傷、切断、腐敗という形で自画像の中の自身の身体上に現れることによって、「開かれた」、「衰弱」、「分離」という心理的な問題を極端かつ率直に表現したものでした。
2005年から笹山は死刑のシステムを研究し、「The Last Meal (最後の食事)」(2005-2008)というシリーズを制作します。9点の作品は、死刑を宣告された人の名前、彼の罪状、事件概要、死刑執行日と水彩で表現された犯罪者の最後の意志の明示、つまり判決を受けた人間が死刑執行の前に頼む最後の食事のイメージを、その者の肖像画として描いています。最後の晩餐、つまり人生最後の命の味わいは皮肉にもカラフルな表象で、笹山の作品は「最後の欲望」の実存主義的側面を強調し、「人と彼の美味」の間の心理的に複雑な関係を表します。
「事故現場」というテーマは、2004年から作家の中で大きな位置を占め始めました。この時期に笹山は、致命的な出来事を表現するために、アラビアガム水溶液、砂糖水、グリセリン、などを調合して作られたメディウムで顔料を練り、非常に高密な水彩を自ら作り始めました。事故のシーンは鮮やかなカーペットのように、はっきりとしない境界、明確な輪郭線なしで、構造と構成が減少した状態で現されています。交通事故の視覚的な側面は、アラビア模様を連想させる表現と非形象(ポスト形象)上の抽象の独特のイメージを生み出します。それと同時に、「肉質感のある」自作水彩絵具により、致命的な事件は、非常に活気ある印象を受け取ることができます。惨事である事故の空間は、柔らかさ、暖かさ、人間性で満たされます。このように、死体と崩壊された機械の重い風景を提示する「事故現場」は、鮮明な生気で溢れており、事故の「生」と「死」両方を把握します。
Little witch's plan
Courtship of the devil
Blue Sky
Deep Sleep
Matin Feerique
Recollection
Once Again
Cleaner
The Cleaner 01
Abnormal Girls03
Black Rain No.1
Black Rain No.2
Black Rain No.3
The New World/Hunting 1
The New World/Hunting 2
Accident in the Monitor side 01
Accident in the Monitor side 02
Egocentric Story 01
Egocentric Story 02
Damage Report 01
Damage Report 02
City Sightseeing
Masochism
The Kiss of Devil
Abnormal Girls 01
Abnormal Girls 02
The New World 01
The New World 02
The New World 03
The New World 04
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Untitled
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 「事故現場」 笹山直規個展笹山直規によるオリジナルの水彩絵の具制作方法について「事故現場」展カタログに掲載しております。是非ご覧くださいませ。 |
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The New World/Hunting 1
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 45.5x53
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Pigozzi Collection, Geneve
- Ref.No
- NSS_FU1001
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The New World/Hunting 2
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 91.0x72.7
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, USA
- Ref.No
- NSS_FU1002
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Accident in the Monitor side 01
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x162
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1001
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Accident in the Monitor side 02
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x162
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1002
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Egocentric Story 01
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x162
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1003
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Egocentric Story 02
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x130.3
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1004
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Damage Report 01
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x194
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1005
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Damage Report 02
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x194
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1006
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- City Sightseeing
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x194
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Singapore
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1007
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Masochism
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x162
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Singapore
- Ref.No
- NSS_SA1008
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The Kiss of Devil
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 91x72.7
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_CA1009
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Abnormal Girls 01
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 72.7x50
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_CA1010
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Abnormal Girls 02
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 53x45.5
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_CA1011
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The New World 01
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 72.7x60.6
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- 95000
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Pigozzi Collection, Geneva
- Ref.No
- NSS_fd1001
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The New World 02
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 41x31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- 55000
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_fd1002
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The New World 03
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 41x31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- 55000
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_fd1003
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The New World 04
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 41x31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- 55000
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_fd1004
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Untitled
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 60x42
- Year
- 2004
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_Ds01
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Untitled
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 53.5x45.5
- Year
- 2004
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_Ds02
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Untitled
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 65.5x53.5
- Year
- 2004
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_Ds04
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Untitled
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 41.5x32
- Year
- 2004
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_Ds05
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Once Again
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 162x130.3
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_11002
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Cleaner
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 130x162
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_11001
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- The Cleaner 01
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 53x33
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_11006
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Abnormal Girls03
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 45.5x53
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_11007
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Black Rain No.1
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 53x33.3
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_11003
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Black Rain No.2
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 22.7x22
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_11004
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Black Rain No.3
- Art
- painting
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 22.7x15.8
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NSS_11005
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Little witch's plan
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 112x145.5
- Year
- 2012
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Courtship of the devil
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 72.7x91
- Year
- 2012
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Blue Sky
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 91x72.7
- Year
- 2012
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Deep Sleep
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 53x54.5
- Year
- 2012
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Matin Feerique
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 60.6x41
- Year
- 2012
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- Artist Name
- 笹山直規/Naoki Sasayama
- Title
- Recollection
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- watercolor on montvale paper
- Size (cm)
- 72.7x91
- Year
- 2012
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
