平安——户田正寿首次香港个展
HEIAN – Seiju Toda First Solo Exhibition in Hong Kong
展期：2024年09月23日—11月29日
艺术家：Seiju Toda
地点：wamono art｜香港·黄竹坑道49号得力工业大厦10楼A室
营业时间：仅限预约
电话：+852 6822 2962
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SEIJU TODA 《 SUNKEN HEARTH – Plain Wood partly gilded, Bamboo, White Carp》2002 Offset Litho photo print, 103 x 145.6 cm (Image) Ed.12/15
户田正寿《SUNKEN HEARTH -纯木（部分镀金），竹，白鲤鱼》2002平版胶印照片，103 x 145.6 cm（图象）Ed.12/15
wamono art很荣幸地宣布在日本顶尖之一的艺术总监及优秀艺术家户田正寿在香港举办首次个展。此次展览将会展出户田代表性的系列作品-「平安」。
标题「平安」对应于日本中世纪8至12世纪的一个时期名称。但是，户田从来没有打算透过这个标题来带起对那个时期的怀旧之情。反而，「平安」一词在艺术家脑海中引起了光、色彩、湿度、空气和柔和等元素是该系列的动机，同时也希望当代世界重新评价和平与幸福，这正是「平安」一词的含义。户田正寿创造的概念是「减法」。因为减法与加法相反，可以使事情变得简约，从而激发人们的想像。而这正是日本人的美德精神。材料都是“原始物料”，例如普通的木头、生物和自然光。拍摄是在阴天的中午进行。相机光圈全开，与拍摄对象的距离约7-8米。这些相片的拍摄方式让你感觉好像自己睁开眼睛观看。由于这些严谨的条件和执着，他花了三年的拍摄时间才完成这个系列。
这个「平安」系列是他2005年在东京都写真美术馆和2023年在福井县立美术馆举办的个展中展出过的作品。以及在2008年，其中的作品也在G8北海道洞爷湖高峰会展出。
户田自从少年时期就开始用各种各样的作品挑战自己。在这个「平安」系列中，他以「减法」的概念追求简约的表达方式，为观众带来新的想像空间。
wamono art is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong by Seiju Toda, one of Japan’s leading art directors and a fine artist. The exhibition features a body of works from Toda’s signature HEIAN series.
The title “Heian” corresponds to a name of period in the middle age in Japan from the 8th to the 12th Century. However, with the title, Toda has never intended to provoke any nostalgia for that period. Instead, such elements as light, color, humidity, air and tenderness that the word Heian evokes in artist mind are the motivation of the project along with a hope the world today would reevaluate peace and well-being, that are just what the word Heian means. The concept of the creation is “subtraction.” Because the act of subtraction, as opposed to that of addition, can make things simple to stimulate people’s imagination. In fact, this is the very virtue of Japanese spirit of beauty. The materials are all “raw things” such as plain wood, living creatures and natural light. The shooting was done on a cloudy day at midday. The camera aperture is wide open and the distance from the subject is about 7-8 meters. The images are shot in a way that makes you feel as if you are watching with your own eyes open. Due to the difficult condition to have, it took three years of shooting before he accomplished the project.
This HEIAN series is featured in his solo exhibitions at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in 2005 and at the Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art in 2023. In 2008, HEIAN’s works were exhibited at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Japan.
Toda has been challenging himself with a variety of works since he was a teenager. In this HEIAN series, he pursues simple expression with the concept of “subtraction”, which will invite the viewers to the new imaginations.
