| Tetsuya NAKAMURA |
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Before, at dusk, I saw a scene while taking a walk in the shopping street.
An apparently poor mother with a sleeping child on her back was intently
playing "UFO Catcher" without paying any attention to her surrounding.
Seeing this, I hadbeen deeply touched.
Did she have only ¥100 although she wanted to buy a toy for her child?Whatever the reason, the mother and child had enough power to attract my attention, and enough elements to make me think. A totally individual thought or action influencing the surrounding -- I think art has a similar kind of attraction. I am not saying that one should be content with a self-conclusive work made just for self-satisfaction.
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In this case, "the look implying poverty", "being in a pair of mother and
child", and "an enjoyable game - the UFO Catcher", were all important
factors, and the "shopping street at dusk" had effectively utilized these
factors to make them interesting. Not simply waiting for influences towards the environment to happen, but to concentrate on myself with strong power emitted towards the visitors (in the above case, towards the passers-by), incorporating factors that are decipherable -- The recent theme I am involved in could be "having a back that communicates strongly" like the mother and child.
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FAT TIME installation view 1996 plastic, wood, glass |
FAT TIME1996 plastic, wood, glass 250 x 510 x 250 cm |
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FAT TIME
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FAT TIME (detail) 1996 plastic, wood, glass |
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MORPHE '95 POP OFF 1995 trophies, paints |
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GREAT GAINER 1995 trophies |
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"WINNER'S EMBLEM" installation view 1995 brass foil, trophies, wood |
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PEST CONTROL, Gold Turtle installation view 1994 stuffed turtle, gold foil |
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PEST CONTROL, Gold Turtle 1994 stuffed turtle, gold foil 60 x 50 cm |
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Nakamura Tetsuya's Aesthetic of Insect Classification 1993 gold foil, insects |
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Nakamura Tetsuya's Aesthetic of Insect Classification installation view 1993 gold foil, insects |
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| Future activities | |
| Group Exhibition | |
| Title | ART SCENE 90-96 |
| Period | February 1 (Sat) - March 16 (Sun), 1997 |
| Location | Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Center (Ibaraki) |
| Information | Tel.029-227-8111 |
| Solo Exhibition | |
| Period | February 10 - March 1, 1997 |
| Location | AKI-EX Gallery (Minami Aoyama, Tokyo) |
| Information | Tel.03-3499-4254 |
| Period | July 1(Tue) - July 21(Mon), 1997 |
| Location | Gallery Koyanagai (Ginza, Tokyo) |
| Information | Tel.03-3561-1896 |
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