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Nakatomi Memorial Medicine Museum held an exhibition of new works in mixed media by Cecco Bonanotte [1942- ], a leading Italian sculptor who was awarded the sculpture field of The 24th Praemium Imperiale in 2012.
Including the production of the bronze door of the Vatican Museums, Cecco Bonanotte, a world-famous maestro, has left great footsteps ever. He has a strong bond with Japan, and over 40 years have past since he began visiting Japan regularly. In the course of that, he realized many one-man exhibitions throughout Japan, including the one in Yakushi-ji Temple in Nara. He visits various places in Japan such as Kyoto in the intervals of his work, and has deepened his understanding and attainment of Japanese culture. In this exhibition he expresses homage to Japanese culture that he has accumulated over the years as a triptych of 《HAIKU》《NOH》《KWAIDAN》. One of the works is made in combination with colored boards and heads of Japanese dolls, being seemed as far different from previous bronze sculptures, but we can glimpse his consistent esthetics and philosophy behind them. This is because his interpretation of them –HAIKU that generates infinite emotion by subtraction, NOH that symbolically expresses life and death, KWAIDAN that goes and returns between reality and dream - is connected to the artist’s principle at a fundamental level, producing excellent effect. The new works tell us that the artist’s insight into Japanese Culture isn’t a mere curiosity or Orientalism, but rather has great influence on his philosophy to produce artworks. The exhibition was composed with consecutive works in mixed media, maximum width reaching 9 meters.
Official event of 150th anniversary of Japan-Italy diplomatic relations
CECCO BONANOTTE - IL TEATRO DEI RICORDI -
Term: October 2 [sun] - November 30 [wed], 2016
Venue: Nakatomi Memorial Medicine Museum / Konoemachi 288-1, Tosu, Saga 〒841-0004 Japan
Closed on Mondays [Open October 10, Closed October 11]
Hours Open: 10:00 〜 17:00 [Last admission: 16:30]
Admission fee: Adults 300 yen, University and High school students 200 yen, Junior high and Elementary school students 100 yen
Tel: +81-942-84-3334
Organizer: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
Cooperation: HIRO GALLERY
Support: Italian Embassy in Japan, Nakatomi Memorial Medicine Museum, Saga prefecture, Tosu city, Tosu chamber of commerce and industry
Photo by Alessandra Maria Bonanotte
佐賀県鳥栖市の中冨記念くすり博物館にて、チェッコ・ボナノッテ「回想の劇場」展が開催されました。
ヴァチカン美術館正面入口ブロンズ扉の制作をはじめ、偉大な足跡を残してきた世界的巨匠チェッコ・ボナノッテ。日本とも縁が深く、奈良・薬師寺等日本各地での個展開催など定期的に来日するようになり40年以上が経ちます。制作の合間には京都等各地を訪れ、日本文化への理解と造詣を深めてきました。
本展ではこれまで積み上げてきた日本文化へのオマージュを《俳句》《能》《怪談》という3部作で表現しました。彩色された板に日本人形の頭部を組み合わせるなど、過去のブロンズ彫刻からは一見異彩を放ちつつも、その背後にはボナノッテの一貫した美学、哲学が感じられます。それは、それぞれへの解釈――引き算によって無限の感情を生み出す俳句、生と死を象徴的に表現する能、現実と夢を往復する怪談――が、作家本来の表現と通底しており、響きあった結果なのです。
作家の日本文化への眼差しが単なる好奇心やオリエンタリズムをはるかに越え、制作哲学に大きな影響を与えていることを作品は物語ります。展覧会は最大9メートル幅の連作ミクストメディアを中心に構成されました。同展は、2015年にイタリア文化会館(東京・九段下)で開催された巡回展です。ご来場誠にありがとうございました。
日伊国交150周年記念
チェッコ・ボナノッテ「回想の劇場」展
会期:2016年10月2日(日) ~ 11月30日(水)
会場:中冨記念くすり博物館
佐賀県鳥栖市神辺町288番地1
主催:久光製薬株式会社
企画協力:ヒロ画廊
後援:駐日イタリア大使館、中冨記念くすり博物館、佐賀県、鳥栖市、鳥栖商工会議所
Photo by Alessandra Maria Bonanotte
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