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M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY 主催 イタリアのミラノで開催された GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022展に作品出展
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M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY 主催、イタリアのミラノで開催された GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022展に作品を出展いたしました。この展示会に日本から参加させていただいたことを誇りに思い、心より感謝申し上げます。
I exhibited two pieces of artwork at GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022, which was held in Milan, Italy, hosted by M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY. I am proud to be invited from Japan to participate in this exhibition, and express my heartfelt gratitude for this opportunity.
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GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022
Because dreams shape the world
International Contemporary Art exhibition
October, 28th - November, 3rd 2022
https://dolice.design/guardians-of-dreams-2022-mads-art-gallery
Organized by M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY
Curated by M. Matilde Della Pina
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Artworks on display:
Title of work: Condolences / 悼む
Year of creation: Jul 2020
Dimensions: 73 x 58 cm (Height x Width)
Medium: Digital Media
Technique: Photo collage
URL: https://dolice.design/condolences
Title of work: Distance / 心
Year of creation: Apr 2020
Dimensions: 55 x 76 cm (Height x Width)
Medium: Digital Media
Technique: Photo collage
URL: https://dolice.design/distance
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Introduction written by M. Matilde Della Pina (Japanese translation):
グラフィックデザイン、スマートフォンアプリ開発、インタラクティブムービー制作、ウェブサイト制作など、幅広い活動を展開するアーティスト、廣川政樹。M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY主催の GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022展では、彼の美しく奥深い作品二点を展示いたします。
「Condolences / 悼む」という作品では、黒を背景に目を閉じた女性が前景に描かれており、彼女の特徴と美しさをより際立たせています。ビーズと刺繍で作られた赤いヘッドドレスが彼女の額を囲み、その優美さを封じ込めます。この美しい肖像画には、深い意味が込められています。この作品は、世界中の人々の心からの哀悼の意より生まれたもので、感染症で亡くなられた方々のご遺族の悲しみは計り知れません。しかし作者は、全ての人々が天寿を全うし、この世を去って行くと信じています。真に弔うべきはご遺族の方々の心であり、この世に生き続けなければならない者の苦しみこそ、成仏させなければなりません。天は常楽の地であり、この世は不定、変わらぬものなど何一つ無いのです。神様は人々の魂が大切なことを学ぶために、この世界をお創りになりました。天寿を全うされた方は皆等しく神の愛に包まれ、魂の泉へと還って行くのです。全ての人々に永遠の平安が約束されており、神はあなたが最後に還るべき場所として、永遠に変わらず存在して居られます。
「Distance / 心」という作品では、淡い背景に全体が金色で覆われた二体の女性像（同一人物だがデジタル技術により鏡面的に複製されている）が浮かび上がっています。二人の間には無言の対話が生まれ、互いを求め合い、私たち鑑賞者が知り得ない何かを伝え合っているかのようです。この作品にもまた、私たちを取り巻く現実や世界に対する人間の在り方についての考察が含まれています。近代科学に於いて、余剰次元はミクロの世界にあるとの一説がありますが、本当にそうでしょうか。古代ギリシャの哲学者プラトンが提唱した『洞窟の比喩』では、この世界は真理の世界（イデア）の影であると提唱されています。真実はどうあれ、人類が次のステージへ進むことができるか、自分と同じほど他者を大切にできるか、今まさに試されていると作者は考えています。そして、私たちが『心』と呼んでいるものは、本当に真の心なのでしょうか。それはエゴを守るために機能している『精神』という名の檻に過ぎないのではないでしょうか。私たちは今、仮面（マスク）を纏い他者と距離を置く『分離』の段階にあり、同時に閉ざされた空間が開かれつつある複雑な状況下に置かれています。しかし密閉された空間はやがて開放され、分離した空間はやがて必ず結合されます。毎日発表される世界の死者数には本当に胸が痛みます。それでも作者は、全ては世界をより良く変えるために起きている現象（パンデミック）であり、やがて『今』を振り返った時に、それらも大切なプロセスであったと実感できる日が来ると信じています。愛は常にエゴを超えるのですから。
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Concept by Art Curator Federica Schneck:
The human being, a Manichean by nature, has always been confronted with the reality of things, with the tangible and rational world, distinguishing between what can be associated with Good and what instead represents Evil. Everything that has been absorbed is stored, made our own, and shapes our thinking, our relationship to the concrete world.
But existence is not just this, as a more intimate and profound reality coexists in us, the dream reality. According to Greek mythology, are the three Onyri, namely Morpheus, Phobetor and Fantaso, three gods of the night, that send dreams to mortals.
Morpheus, the most important, is the shaper of dreams, the one who establishes direct contact in sleep. He is a shaper and, at the same time, a guardian of our dreams, like every human being, he is, equally, a shaper and guardian of their own thoughts and dream visions, prudently kept inside two imaginary boxes. Two boxes inside which are hidden reflections, secrets and visions on the past and present, reflections on the concept of Good and Evil for the purpose of research and re-elaboration of the future.
What can be shown, made available to the world? And what, on the other hand, shouldn't be revealed? Within the current context, marked by the dilemma that contrasts the reasons of the individual with those of society, the question arises as to what is the real and appropriate perception of Good and Evil.
The debate around this issue was already present in the Greek tradition, where the ethical-religious problem and the socio-political one revolved around the centrality of the logos, that is the relationship with the being of things, the reason that explains the nature of the various realities, that form the world, and of the latter's irreconcilability with pathos.
The modern age, however, has changed things, blurring the clear distinction that humanity had conceived of Good and Evil until now, altering the conception of traditional dualism, of what is right and what is wrong, in the soul of people.
The complex and difficult reality of today, based on an axiological skepticism, is characterized by a constant presence of feelings related to insecurity and uncertainty, together with a sense of existential failure that has led people to seek real approval social based on appearance and mass consumerism, overshadowing that dreamlike, otherworldly reality, which has always been the guardian of our thoughts, dreams, values. Ours, according to sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, is a "liquid" society, a society that has flattened human values and consciousness and the proliferation of social media, although having enormous advantages, has altered the way we interact with culture and others, consequently altering one's perception of what surrounds us and the importance that each individual places in things, events and experiences.
Perfection and, above all, mass homologation have become the main points of reference, the foundations of the new distinction between Good and Evil, overshadowing the fundamental aspects of the life of every human being. All aspects that have been put aside by many, but not forgotten by everyone.
M.A.D.S. invites artists to overcome modern sociological barriers, proposing a personal reflection on the content of their imaginary boxes, made of dreams, concepts, thoughts and ideals. Of positive and negative experiences that have contributed to the generation of a precise identity that needs to be shared through artistic creation.
According to their culture, religion and vision, each artist is invited to recreate their own universe, to choose what to show to the world and what, instead, to seal. To be creators and, above all, donors of their own experience, of their own interiority.
Because dreams shape the world.
I exhibited two pieces of artwork at GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022, which was held in Milan, Italy, hosted by M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY. I am proud to be invited from Japan to participate in this exhibition, and express my heartfelt gratitude for this opportunity.
*
GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022
Because dreams shape the world
International Contemporary Art exhibition
October, 28th - November, 3rd 2022
https://dolice.design/guardians-of-dreams-2022-mads-art-gallery
Organized by M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY
Curated by M. Matilde Della Pina
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Artworks on display:
Title of work: Condolences / 悼む
Year of creation: Jul 2020
Dimensions: 73 x 58 cm (Height x Width)
Medium: Digital Media
Technique: Photo collage
URL: https://dolice.design/condolences
Title of work: Distance / 心
Year of creation: Apr 2020
Dimensions: 55 x 76 cm (Height x Width)
Medium: Digital Media
Technique: Photo collage
URL: https://dolice.design/distance
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Introduction written by M. Matilde Della Pina (Japanese translation):
グラフィックデザイン、スマートフォンアプリ開発、インタラクティブムービー制作、ウェブサイト制作など、幅広い活動を展開するアーティスト、廣川政樹。M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY主催の GUARDIANS OF DREAMS 2022展では、彼の美しく奥深い作品二点を展示いたします。
「Condolences / 悼む」という作品では、黒を背景に目を閉じた女性が前景に描かれており、彼女の特徴と美しさをより際立たせています。ビーズと刺繍で作られた赤いヘッドドレスが彼女の額を囲み、その優美さを封じ込めます。この美しい肖像画には、深い意味が込められています。この作品は、世界中の人々の心からの哀悼の意より生まれたもので、感染症で亡くなられた方々のご遺族の悲しみは計り知れません。しかし作者は、全ての人々が天寿を全うし、この世を去って行くと信じています。真に弔うべきはご遺族の方々の心であり、この世に生き続けなければならない者の苦しみこそ、成仏させなければなりません。天は常楽の地であり、この世は不定、変わらぬものなど何一つ無いのです。神様は人々の魂が大切なことを学ぶために、この世界をお創りになりました。天寿を全うされた方は皆等しく神の愛に包まれ、魂の泉へと還って行くのです。全ての人々に永遠の平安が約束されており、神はあなたが最後に還るべき場所として、永遠に変わらず存在して居られます。
「Distance / 心」という作品では、淡い背景に全体が金色で覆われた二体の女性像（同一人物だがデジタル技術により鏡面的に複製されている）が浮かび上がっています。二人の間には無言の対話が生まれ、互いを求め合い、私たち鑑賞者が知り得ない何かを伝え合っているかのようです。この作品にもまた、私たちを取り巻く現実や世界に対する人間の在り方についての考察が含まれています。近代科学に於いて、余剰次元はミクロの世界にあるとの一説がありますが、本当にそうでしょうか。古代ギリシャの哲学者プラトンが提唱した『洞窟の比喩』では、この世界は真理の世界（イデア）の影であると提唱されています。真実はどうあれ、人類が次のステージへ進むことができるか、自分と同じほど他者を大切にできるか、今まさに試されていると作者は考えています。そして、私たちが『心』と呼んでいるものは、本当に真の心なのでしょうか。それはエゴを守るために機能している『精神』という名の檻に過ぎないのではないでしょうか。私たちは今、仮面（マスク）を纏い他者と距離を置く『分離』の段階にあり、同時に閉ざされた空間が開かれつつある複雑な状況下に置かれています。しかし密閉された空間はやがて開放され、分離した空間はやがて必ず結合されます。毎日発表される世界の死者数には本当に胸が痛みます。それでも作者は、全ては世界をより良く変えるために起きている現象（パンデミック）であり、やがて『今』を振り返った時に、それらも大切なプロセスであったと実感できる日が来ると信じています。愛は常にエゴを超えるのですから。
*
Concept by Art Curator Federica Schneck:
The human being, a Manichean by nature, has always been confronted with the reality of things, with the tangible and rational world, distinguishing between what can be associated with Good and what instead represents Evil. Everything that has been absorbed is stored, made our own, and shapes our thinking, our relationship to the concrete world.
But existence is not just this, as a more intimate and profound reality coexists in us, the dream reality. According to Greek mythology, are the three Onyri, namely Morpheus, Phobetor and Fantaso, three gods of the night, that send dreams to mortals.
Morpheus, the most important, is the shaper of dreams, the one who establishes direct contact in sleep. He is a shaper and, at the same time, a guardian of our dreams, like every human being, he is, equally, a shaper and guardian of their own thoughts and dream visions, prudently kept inside two imaginary boxes. Two boxes inside which are hidden reflections, secrets and visions on the past and present, reflections on the concept of Good and Evil for the purpose of research and re-elaboration of the future.
What can be shown, made available to the world? And what, on the other hand, shouldn't be revealed? Within the current context, marked by the dilemma that contrasts the reasons of the individual with those of society, the question arises as to what is the real and appropriate perception of Good and Evil.
The debate around this issue was already present in the Greek tradition, where the ethical-religious problem and the socio-political one revolved around the centrality of the logos, that is the relationship with the being of things, the reason that explains the nature of the various realities, that form the world, and of the latter's irreconcilability with pathos.
The modern age, however, has changed things, blurring the clear distinction that humanity had conceived of Good and Evil until now, altering the conception of traditional dualism, of what is right and what is wrong, in the soul of people.
The complex and difficult reality of today, based on an axiological skepticism, is characterized by a constant presence of feelings related to insecurity and uncertainty, together with a sense of existential failure that has led people to seek real approval social based on appearance and mass consumerism, overshadowing that dreamlike, otherworldly reality, which has always been the guardian of our thoughts, dreams, values. Ours, according to sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, is a "liquid" society, a society that has flattened human values and consciousness and the proliferation of social media, although having enormous advantages, has altered the way we interact with culture and others, consequently altering one's perception of what surrounds us and the importance that each individual places in things, events and experiences.
Perfection and, above all, mass homologation have become the main points of reference, the foundations of the new distinction between Good and Evil, overshadowing the fundamental aspects of the life of every human being. All aspects that have been put aside by many, but not forgotten by everyone.
M.A.D.S. invites artists to overcome modern sociological barriers, proposing a personal reflection on the content of their imaginary boxes, made of dreams, concepts, thoughts and ideals. Of positive and negative experiences that have contributed to the generation of a precise identity that needs to be shared through artistic creation.
According to their culture, religion and vision, each artist is invited to recreate their own universe, to choose what to show to the world and what, instead, to seal. To be creators and, above all, donors of their own experience, of their own interiority.
Because dreams shape the world.
