西田俊英『AURA』
Book Design:おおうちおさむ 山田彩純(nano/nano graphics)
発行:赤々舎
Size:H300mm x W230mm
Page:220 pages
Binding:Hardcover
Published in October 2023
ISBN:978-4-86541-176-8 |
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風景の深度と共振し、存在を観る画業の集大成
「画を描くことは働くこと」一本の道を踏みしめて描き続ける日本画家 西田俊英の代表作と、屋久島の原生林に取材した最新作を収載する。
現代日本画壇を牽引する作家のひとりである西田俊英は、湿潤な日本の風土やヨーロッパの街並みを捉えた風景画、ボルゾイ犬をモチーフとした現代的な花鳥画、インド留学が転換期となり描きはじめた人物画など様々な題材に果敢に挑戦し続けています。
伊勢神宮の森近くに生まれ、奥村土牛、塩出英雄に師事。一滴の岩清水、夜空の星々、落ち葉の下の微生物── 自然界のあらゆることに導かれ、自然と深く関わるところから、この世界の精神性や普遍性を描き出す。目には見えないものや幻想を含め、確固たる技法に裏付けられた空間表現は、存在の美を表わす。2022年、屋久島に一年間移住し、原始の森が現存する島の歴史や、いのちの輪廻、伐採や開発の及ぼす影響までもを、前人未到ともいえる全長70メートルの大作に描くことを志した。「不死鳥」と題された制作途中の巨大日本画は、環境のすべて、気配のすべてを映す精緻にして自由な筆で、自然と人との関わりを問いかけている。
「祈ることは描くこと」─ 画家の歩みと作品世界が呼応する集大成の一冊。
" 私の母は苦難が絶えず働きづめでした。休むことなく働くだけの人生を送った人でした。そのような母を見て育った私にとって、「画を描くとは働くこと」そのものなのです。辛いことは度々ですが、働くこととはそういうものと思います。休みたいなどと言おうものなら、「じゃあ画家をやめなさい」と、何処からか言われそうな気がします。母と同じ道を踏みしめたいと誓っているのです。只々、仕事をして働いているだけでいいのです。さすればあなたの人生のような、胸を打つ作品が生まれ出るのでしょうか ?
届いていますか?あなたに "
西田俊英
目次 Contents
1 届いていますか? あなたへ Has It Come? To You.
10 1970〜2023年制作の作品Works painted between 1970 and 2023
178「西田俊英―― 森を想い、森に想う人へ」 文 野地耕一郎Shunei Nishida -- Images and Imaginings of Forests Text Koichiro Noji
184 作品リスト List
190 年譜 Profile
191 あとがき Afterword
194 屋久島、親愛なる方々へ、 Yakushima, Dear people
216〜194 屋久島「不死鳥」シリーズより(制作途中)From the Yakushima series "The Phoenix"(in progress)
編集:㓛刀知子編集協力:天野憩輔、西田由美子撮影(屋久島風景、ポートレート):おおうちおさむ撮影(作品):MGMフォトサービス、タケミアートフォトス、共同印刷翻訳:ジョン田村
Edited:Tomoko KunugiEditorial assistance:Keisuke Amano, Yumiko NishidaPhotos(Yakushima Landscapes,Portraits):Osamu OouchiPhoto(Artworks): MGM PHOTO SERVICE, KYODOPRINTING CO., Ltd., TAKEMI ART PHOTO STUDIOEnglish translation:John Tamura
AURA
Shunei Nishida
This title "AURA" features the representative works of Japanese painter Shunei Nishida, who continues to paint while treading on a single path, along with his latest work based on the primeval forests of Yakushima Island.
Born near the pristine forests of Ise Grand Shrine and mentored by Togyu Okumura, his lodestar, and Hideo Shiode, an exemplar of the conscience of a painter, Nishida has been guided by everything in the natural world, from a single drop of clear water and the stars in the night sky to the microorganisms beneath fallen leaves. His deep connection to nature allows him to depict the spirituality and universality of the world, including the intangible and the fantastical, expressing the beauty of existence.
There was a period when Nishida, who had fallen into an artistic slump, and avoiding people, he secluded himself around Mt. Tanigawa to immerse himself in sketches. Up to then, Nishida had relied on his imagination for his paintings, but in this period, he recognized again the importance of realistic representation.
Nishida sketched everything he could think of -- landscapes, animals, people and so on -- awakening himself to their potential for art.
Since 2000, Nishida has contact with Japan's beautiful nature around Hiroshima and other areas in the Chugoku region and to attempt classical motifs such as cranes and cherry blossoms in his paintings. He also tried creating his own new style of bird-and-flower painting.
In 2022, he moved to Yakushima Island for a year, aspiring to create a 70-meter-long masterpiece that delves into the island's history, the cycle of life, and the impacts of logging and development on the pristine forests. A work in progress titled "The Phoenix" reflects everything in the environment, with a meticulous and free brush, and it questions the relationship between nature and humans.
Praying is painting - this book is a culmination of the artist history and view of the work world, where they resonate with each other.
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My mother was forever overworked. She spent her entire life only working without respite. For me, growing up seeing my mother work like that, I think of painting itself as work. Painting is often demanding but I believe that is what working is. If I murmur that I want to take a rest, I then feel someone is telling me: "Well, in that case, give up being a painter." I have vowed that I will follow the same path as my mother. I should just do my job and work. I believe if I do so, someday I will be able to create a work that strikes the heart. Has it come? To you.
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My mentor, Hideo Shiode, said: "Personality is never about being different from others. It is just a matter of becoming yourself." His disciple, I have relied on those words and not tried to have a distinctive personality. I have come to believe that a personality unnaturally made is only bluster and without any value. Sensei! Have I become my true self? Having entered the later stage of my life, am I painting the pictures that are really me? My mentor also told me: "A painting is not created with a brush. It is not painted by your hand." "Well, then how do I paint?" I muttered to myself when I was young. I thought that I could create a masterpiece by myself if I bring to bear all my effort and talent. But before long, I found out that was not the case. I finally realized that a painting is only the expression of my true feelings and the catalyst that keeps me alive. "Don't forget your dreams and strive to learn," my mentor told me in the last years of his life, and I have lived my life cherishing those words. I really think painting is a difficult thing. I had no idea I would have to paint so much of what lies in my heart. That is precisely why I believe it is so valuable to continue putting into practice the lessons from my mentor.
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God dwells in every tree and blade of grass.
Nature lives on as it is.
Yet I feel that what is happening in our human society runs counter to what we desire. Our human-centered egotistic values....
We continue cutting down trees and destroying forests.
Isn't it more important for forests to continue to be forests?
What kind of paintings bring happiness to people?
There is still so much I don't know.
(Shunei Nishida)