THEATRE Coral & Shell in Tokunoshima
Ghosts of the Future
Hideyuki NAGASAWA – translated by Jaime Humphreys A photo of my parents. Both my mother, who was 26 when the photo was taken, and my father, who was 28, are younger than I am now. Their gaze is turned to me in the present, as I begin to gr…
Dialogue : Is it possible to communicate with the dead?
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Even if impossible in a physical sense, is it not possible to bring about a psychic space for communication, such as that created by itako[ 1] at Mount Osore [2] ? While attentive to the distant…
Surface and Depth
I’m interested in surface and depth within painting. Let me explain the process I use to make my paintings. Firstly, I paint a figure (in this case, a skull) on the canvas, after which I place many small dots of different colors that corre…
ALL HUMAN FIGURES THAT APPEAR IN PAINTINGS ARE GHOSTS
All human figures that appear in paintings are ghosts. They are images of the dead. Why is it that paintings invite such spirits? Why is it that the deceased appear within the picture frame? In Mugen Noh (fan…
Godzilla Exhibition – Big Godzilla, Little Godzilla
BIG GODZILLA, LITTLE GODZILLA GODZILLA was born in 1954 as the monster of the film of the same name, and became quite popular as soon as the movie debuted. Speaking of 1954, it was in the middle of The Cold War. Two super powers, the U.S. …
The exhibition ; Psychic Room
It consists of my drawings, and interpretations that were written by my students. I asked them to write down what came to mind when they looked at the drawings. I said, “you may honestly write down what you think, even if the sen…
WATER COLOR
These are my works in watercolor. My theme of those works is “surface and the depth”, and I tried to express it in watercolor. At first I spread different watercolors on the paper using water. After drying, I placed the…
Hideyuki Nagasawa: Rich paintings of infinite layers / Kazuhiro Yamamoto
Hideyuki Nagasawa is an artist who definitely emphasizes the touch and stroke of paint, or mati?re, in his work. Anchored in this painterly style, Nagasawa is a legitimate heir of modernist painting. Nonetheless, he does not limit himself …