I am trying to do this series of drawings of people's rooms like houses, apartments, offices or studios. I think of these spaces as portrait of the person who live or use in regular basis. Just like the faces of people represent their personalities and histories, their rooms also represent their significance. There are many things people decorate their rooms without realizing the reasons why they do it the way they do, such as placing this pen here and that lamp there. When I draw a portrait of a room, I'm hoping to capture the extraordinariness of their ordinary space. As being an artist, drawing has been my best way of observing what's going on, and I'm really fascinated by the discoveries of things when I draw rooms.
In addition, because these rooms are the person's personal spaces, the artwork probably should look different to the ones who know the space from the ones who don't. I'm also captivated by the idea how the exact same image could give very different experiences based on the audience's attachment to the subject, and yet some images could give very strong impact to no matter who the audience is.
If you want to see more of this series, you can go here.
上の絵は最近知り合いになったアーティストのアトリエの絵。
その人の肖像画を描くようにその人の部屋を描く。今、少しずつ進めているプロジェクトで、人の家やアパートもしくはオフィスなどの個人的な空間をとにかくそこにある物の細かさにこだわって描いていくというもの。いわば当たり前の話なのだけど、部屋にはその人にだけ気になるモノの配置とか装飾品があって、人の顔が人の性格をあらわすように、その人の部屋が表すその人の内面っていうものがあるんじゃないかと思うわけです。絵を描いていると、描き始めて初めて気づくということがよくある。そんな具合に、その人にとっての当たり前のものが当たり前にそこにあるということの超現実性を絵を通してその人が発見できたらいいなと思う。
roomsというタグを新しく作ったので気になる人はこちら。
