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IT IS KONMASA

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KONMASA(コンマサ) / 現代アーティスト

THIS IS A TANK-TOP (2014-)

KONMASAは名古屋を拠点として活動している現代アーティストである。

自身の活動理念を「修行」とし、作品制作を通し、心を「空」(くう)にすることで、自己と向き合い、色即是空の体感をしている。



穴を空け続ける事、タンクトップを着続ける事、もみあげを伸ばし続ける事など、
長い年月をかけ生まれる「修行」作品や、自画像など、
彼の存在に意識を向けた作品が数多く見られる。

代表作品:「KONMASA The Art Building」mixed media (2021-2024)

 

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KONMASA / Contemporary Artist

KONMASA is a contemporary artist based in Nagoya. Setting ‘discipline’ as the philosophy of his activities, he confronts himself and seeks to experience an idea of “Form is emptiness” by making his mind “empty” through the creation of his works.

His representative work, “Work of Light,” is a work in which countless holes are made in a sheet of Japanese paper with calligraphy layered on top, and the way it looks changes depending on the angle and conditions of the light shining on it.
Even though it is a single work, it changes from a calligraphic work to a work of cosmic light. In other words, its fixed entity disappears visually, but the work itself expresses that its existence is not ‘nothingness’ but ‘emptiness.’

Furthermore, many other works that express his identity can be seen, such as his ‘discipline’ works created over a long period of time, such as wearing tank tops continuously and growing out his hairline, as well as his self-portraits.

“Art is a life in which ‘discipline’ is required at risk to one’s life over a lifetime.
I believe a space created that way will lead a person watching it to a state of perfect selflessness.”

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EXHIBITIONS

 

2019 大一美術館 / Daiichi Art Museum 名古屋 / Nagoya

2020 南牧村美術民俗資料館 / Minamimaki Mura Cultural Facilities Art Folk Museum 長野県 / Nagano

2021 刈谷市美術館 / Kariya City Art Museum 愛知県 / Aichi

CONTACT

E-MAIL: ART@KONMASA.COM

INSTAGRAM: @KONMASA

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