2021
20P (72.7 x 53.0 cm) / cotton cloth, pigment, mineral pigments, calcium sulfate / 2021
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This spring, I left my long-time home in Yamagata and moved to Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. Although I feel that the climate and land are relatively similar, there are still changes. Perhaps the most significant change is in the way I feel. The scenery of life in Yamagata was still impressive with snow. As a child in my hometown of Kanagawa, I had only experienced snowfall for a short period of time, so I still remember the snowy landscape of Yamagata as a shock. I have yet to experience snow in Nagaoka. Apparently, it seems to snow more than in my area of Yamagata. I created this work with the intention of preserving this feeling of not yet feeling it. The white background is not snow, but rather a "memory" of snow in Yamagata and an "imagination" of snow in Nagaoka.
This spring, I left my long-time home in Yamagata and moved to Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. Although I feel that the climate and land are relatively similar, there are still changes. Perhaps the most significant change is in the way I feel. The scenery of life in Yamagata was still impressive with snow. As a child in my hometown of Kanagawa, I had only experienced snowfall for a short period of time, so I still remember the snowy landscape of Yamagata as a shock. I have yet to experience snow in Nagaoka. Apparently, it seems to snow more than in my area of Yamagata. I created this work with the intention of preserving this feeling of not yet feeling it. The white background is not snow, but rather a "memory" of snow in Yamagata and an "imagination" of snow in Nagaoka.