Solo Exhibition "Over"    January 8, ~ February 7, 2021 | Maki Fine Arts (Tokyo)


見尽くすことの出来ない多過ぎる画像情報と、ひとつの画像をよく見ること。
写真の表面は充実した情報であるが、その裏は白紙であること。
見えないことを、構造によって見えるようにすること。
塗る、描く、という行為は、消す、覆う、という行為でもあること。
プラスとマイナスが同時進行であること。
これらのことがこの一年の制作においてはとくに重要であったように思う。

 

http://www.makifinearts.com/jp/exhibitions/shirota2021.html


To pay close attention to both the excessive image information--which can never be thoroughly seen--as well as the single image. 
To realize that while the front of a photograph is full of substantial information, the back is completely blank.
To bring out what could not be seen through structure. 
To recognize that the act of painting and drawing are akin to the act of erasing and concealing.
To understand that the plus and the minus progress simultaneously.

These were the things that were especially important to my creative process during the past year. 

 

http://www.makifinearts.com/jp/exhibitions/shirota2021.html