フランク・ブラジガンド ／ FRANCK BRAGIGAND
展覧会概要
玉川公園にある古くなったトイレと鱗町の川股地蔵の祠を塗装します。この二つの場所は、金沢の街を歩き回って、作家自身が決めたものです。二つの組み合わせについて作家は、「トイレと地蔵は似ていないけれど、どちらも生きて行く上で必要なものだ」と言っています。塗装する色は両方共通で、5色の組み合わせを選びました。ブラジガンドは、決して色で自己主張しようとしているわけではありません。地蔵の保存会や町内の方の協力を得ようとする中で、もし、色のことで理解が得られにくい場合は、現状と全く同じ色で塗り直しても構わないと、作家は考えていました。このことは、塗装をするという行為自体、また、塗るものを必要として使っている人との関係自体を、大切にしていることを示しています。塗ることを通して、人々が見過ごしているものに意識を向ける作品です。[鷲田めるろ]
Painting is performed on an old public toilet in Tamagawa Park and a small shrine of Kawamata Jizo. Explaining the reason of his choice, the artist says, “A toilet and a Jizo have nothing to do with each other, but they are both our necessities in life.” The combinations of the same f ive colors are used to paint the two. Bragigand does not want to assert himself through colors. He would have repainted them if the residents had not agreed with the colors. What the artist emphasizes is the act itself of painting as well as the good relations with people who need those to be painted. Through painting, this work aims to increase people’s awareness about what is gone unnoticed.
Painting is performed on an old public toilet in Tamagawa Park and a small shrine of Kawamata Jizo. Explaining the reason of his choice, the artist says, “A toilet and a Jizo have nothing to do with each other, but they are both our necessities in life.” The combinations of the same f ive colors are used to paint the two. Bragigand does not want to assert himself through colors. He would have repainted them if the residents had not agreed with the colors. What the artist emphasizes is the act itself of painting as well as the good relations with people who need those to be painted. Through painting, this work aims to increase people’s awareness about what is gone unnoticed.
プロフィール
1971年、フランス生まれ。ブサンソン美術学校卒業。オランダ国立ライクスアカデミーに2年間滞在。現在、オランダを拠点に活動。自らを「リアリスティック・ペインター」と定義し、古くなって見捨てられたものをペイントすることによって再生し、その魅力や特異性を引き出す。オランダのデザインをリードするドローグ・デザインのオフィス全体もペイントするなどデザインや建築とのコラボレーションも多い。
Born in France in 1971. After graduating from Besançon Art School, he studied at Rijksakademie （Dutch National Academy of Visual Arts） for two years. Based in the Netherlands, he defines himself as a “realistic painter” and breathes a new life into objects existing in actual society through painting, bringing out the unique nature and beauty of these objects. He has done many collaborative works with design and architecture, for example, he painted the whole office building of Droog Design, which leads the Dutch design business.
Born in France in 1971. After graduating from Besançon Art School, he studied at Rijksakademie （Dutch National Academy of Visual Arts） for two years. Based in the Netherlands, he defines himself as a “realistic painter” and breathes a new life into objects existing in actual society through painting, bringing out the unique nature and beauty of these objects. He has done many collaborative works with design and architecture, for example, he painted the whole office building of Droog Design, which leads the Dutch design business.