ーノリトグラフ2ー
ー MONOTYPES ー
　小畑 多丘 /TAKU OBATA

ーノリトグラフ2ー 2020年9月12日(土)〜 2020年10月18日（日）
ー MONOTYPES ー 2020年9月12日(土)〜 2020年9月27日（日）
月・火休廊

ギャラリーキドプレスでは、「B-Boy」と「Buttai」の作品で、近年、世界各地で注目を集めている、小畑　多丘の２回目となる展覧会「ノリトグラフ ２」を開催するとともに、同時に「MONOTYPES」展を開催いたします。
今回、小畑は伝統的な石版を使ってリトグラフの制作をいたしました。石の持つ圧倒的な抵抗感を感じながら描くことは、素材の質量を感じながら制作をする彫刻家ならではの重厚感を保ちつつ、自由な表現の発露となっています。
　また、リトグラフの特徴である豊かな濃淡と色彩の重なり合う極めて複雑な表現は、小畑の最も得意とするイメージをより重厚に仕上げています。

　 一方、その言葉の通り、一点しかできないモノタイプの制作は、即興的に版の上で描いたイメージをエッチングプレス機の強力な圧力でくまなく刷りとったものをベースしています。版画の技法的な制約にとどまるところを知らない奔放な世界は私たちを心ときめく世界へと導いてくれます。


作家コメント

　個展“ノリトグラフ2”をキドプレスにて４年ぶりに開催いたします。
　”ノリトグラフ”は2016にノリ重視で作るリトグラフとして実験的な個展としてキドプレスにて開催しました。
　計画的ににつくる木彫と対照的に、即興で作るドローイングや、ドローイングのように手捻りで作った粘土を野焼きしたり、本焼きしてセラミックにした彫刻、等身大の木彫の服のパターンに粘土を落っことしそれを乾燥させ着色した重力物体シリーズのBUTTAIの原形も、”ノリトグラフ”で初めて展示をしました。


『Buttai 3B-Boys』モノタイプ/Monotype


　今回の”ノリトグラフ2”では前回の彫刻のスケッチの延長上にあったリトグラフから、さらにアブストラクトになったリトグラフと、去年イギリスのブリストルで初めて出会ったモノタイプをより進化させたシリーズのモノタイプ。シンプルに刷っただけのもの、下地を描きその上にモノタイプを刷ったもの、モノタイプの上にドローイングを加えたものなどを展示します。
　個展が続きますが、先日のPARCELでのキャンバス、Akio Nagasawa Gallery 第三期でのシルクスクリーン、とはまた全く違う質感の平面作品の個展になります。

　ぜひこの機会に彫刻家の作るリトグラフとモノタイプを見に足をお運びください。
　よろしくお願いします。

小畑　多丘

○用語解説
　　　　リトグラフ：平らな版面への描画を科学的な製版によって何枚も刷ることができる版画の技法の一つ。
　　　　モノタイプ：版に描いたイメージを紙に直接刷る技法。同じものは一枚しかできない。

※開廊日、開廊時間等に変更がある場合がございます。詳細はキドプレスホームページをご確認ください。



Exhibition by Taku Obata: “Norithograph 2”
Period: September 12 (Sat.) − October 18 (Sun.), 2020
Gallery hours: 12:00 - 18:30 (*17:00 on the last day)
Venue: Gallery KIDO Press (3331 Arts Chiyoda 204)

Concurrent exhibition: "MONOTYPES"
Period: September 12 (Sat.) − 27 (Sun.), 2020
Gallery hours: 12:00 - 18:30 (*17:00 on the last day)
Venue: Gallery 104, 1F, 3331 Arts Chiyoda

Taku Obata has come to the fore in various countries in recent years for his "b-boy" and "buttai" art. Gallery KIDO Press is going to hold a second exhibition of his lithographs titled "Norithograph 2" and a concurrent exhibition of his monotypes titled "MONOTYPES."

For "Norithograph 2," Obata produced lithographs using the traditional stone slab. Drawing while feeling the overwhelming resistance offered by stone, he achieves a free expression while preserving the sense of depth unique to sculptors, who feel the mass of the material as they work it.

It may also be noted that lithography is characterized by its capability for exceedingly complex depiction with a rich palette of shades and overlapping colors. Obata made full use of these traits to create the kind of images which are his forte with even greater depth and intensity.

A contrast is provided by his production of monotypes, which consist of only one print each, as the name indicates. It is based on the full-surface printing of images extemporaneously drawn on the plate, applying the powerful pressure exerted by an etching press.

Obata's uninhibited art recognizes no limits due to the technical constraints of printing, and transports us to a world of thrills and inspiration.

Artist's comment I am going to hold a solo exhibition titled "Norithograph 2" at KIDO Press for the first time in four years.
In 2016, "Norithograph" was held at KIDO Press as an experimental solo exhibition of lithographs made with an emphasis on "nori," the Japanese word for "beat." It was the first time for me to show a variety of different works, i.e., drawings made in an impromptu way as opposed to wooden carvings produced systematically; sculptures made of clay molded by hand, like drawings, that I fired outside or in a glost kiln to turn into ceramic; and prototypal works of my "buttai" series of gravity objects made by printing patterns of actual-size carved apparel on clay, followed by drying and coloring.

"Norithograph 2" and "MONOTYPE" present everything from lithographs that are extensions of the sketches for the sculptures in the previous exhibition and abstract lithographs to a series of monotypes that go farther than those I made when I first encountered monotyping for an exhibition in Bristol (UK) last year. The latter include monotypes that I simply printed as they were, monotypes printed after drawing on the ground, and monotypes on which I drew after they were printed.

While these will be additional solo exhibitions of mine, I am going to show flat works with a texture differing completely from the canvases in my recent solo exhibition at PARCEL and the silkscreen prints in my Part 3 exhibition at Akio Nagasawa Gallery.

I earnestly hope you will take this opportunity to visit Gallery KIDO Press and see lithographs and monotypes made by a sculptor!

Taku Obata

Explanation of terms

* Lithography: A technique for printing drawings made on a flat plate surface, based on scientific platemaking. It enables printing of any number of copies.
* Monotyping: A technique for printing an image drawn on a matrix (smooth surface) directly onto paper. The same monotype cannot be printed twice.

* The days and times when the gallery is open are subject to change. For details, please check the KIDO Press website.

『B-boy Abstruct』　リトグラフ/Lithograph


　
＜作家紹介＞

小畑 多丘 (Taku Obata)

1980 �/�Born in Saitama pref. Japan
2006 �/�BFA sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
2008 �/ MFA sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts

− 個展 / Solo Exhibitions:

2020 | “LET’S MOVE IT” PARCEL, Tokyo
2020 | “Opposite Effects” AKIO NAGASAWA, Tokyo
2020 | “TAKU OBATA SCULPTURE Display” Japan House London, London, UK
2020 | “TAKU OBATA DRAWING Exhibition” White Conduit Projects, London, UK
2020 | “B BOY JIKI”Bomma galerie, Paris, France
2016 | “ノリトグラフ | Nolithograph” Gallery KIDO Press, Tokyo
2016 | “彫刻 // 新時代シリーズ 2 vol.3 小畑多丘展(sculpture // New Generation series2 Vol3 Taku Obata Exhibition)”�Nihonbashi Takashimaya GalleryX, Tokyo
2014 | “BUST A MOVE”Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York
2012 | “Taku Obata B-BOY on Sky Court “, Nakamura Keith Haring Musuem, Yamanashi 2011 “Taku Obata BBOYIZM” Ginza Mitsukoshi 8F Gallery, Tokyo
2009 | “IT’S JUST BEGUN” Tokyo Wondersite Hongo, Tokyo

− グループ展 / Group Exhibitions:
2020 | “The Dividing Line”(Virtual exhibition)Fluorescent Smogg, planet Earth
2020 | “Fine Line” Stolen space gallery, London, UK
2020 | “CONNECTIONS” Over The Influence, HK
2018 | “Pn―Powers of PLAY―”Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2018 | “HYPER LANDSCAPE 超えていく風景 ” Watarium, Tokyo, Japan
2017 | “SIDE CORE 路 − 線 − 図 “GALLERY TRAX, Yamanashi, Japan
2016 | NEW VISION SAITAMA 5 “The Emerging Body”The Musuem of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama
2015 | “SIDE CORE -TOKYO WALKMAN-” hiromiyoshii roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
2014 | ART FAIR Tokyo 2014 “SIDE CORE
2014 | “Tokyo International forum, Tokyo, Japan
2013 | Singapore Art Week “TOKYO STREET” Ikkan Art Gallery with Crear Editon and Gallery, Singapore
2013 | 10 YEARS OF THE RED BULL BC ONE WITH BBOY ARTS FESTIVAL SEOUL, Seoul, Korea

− 受賞歴等 / Awards
2008 | “Tokyo Wonderwall 2008” Grandprix
2019 − 2020, April | artist in residence、City & Guilds of London art school

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