Akiko Fujimoto Existence
Report of solo exhibition in Paris・
"atsui kimochi ga samenaiuchini.../until the excitement cools down
〜Life Works Series〜 Form of Life, Voice of Paper
31st July 2007 Tuesday〜5th Augast 2007
Sunday hours 12:00pm〜19:00pm Saturday・Sunday12:00pm〜16:30pm
Akiko Fujimoto Existence 〜Life Works Series〜Form of Life, Voice of Paper
When I started to make three dimentionale works more than fifteen years ago, I had tried to express "human desire," "social contradiction, " and other theme with iron or FRP. Several years later,I have felt shrinking a distance between my work and myself little by little. At the same time, I have explored for the root of natuer. Then, I launched series of "Life Works" that focus on theme of life for my work. I have been consistently working with natural materials that turn to soil, such as plants,driftwoods,and paper to represent "life in itself," or "image of living things" in my series of "Life Works" all the time. For this exhibition,I employed the same material,Uda-washi,which I used for "turning to earth work/cycles of life" in 2001, to depict "Form of life." I formed my works by my hands like wrapping up them with my heart and now I feel them as my children.Although each one of my works is made of very same material,it has different feature and personality. This summer in 2007,I am peacefly keeping my eye on my works as the mother of my children;how they start to move, how they appeal to audience,and how they communicate with viewers? June 2007 Akiko Fujimoto
■Uda-washi is made from Kozo/paper mulberry,starch of Noriutsugi, and Shiratsuchi/white clay. This is a special Japanese paper for this exhibition,which is created by Mr.Hiroyuki Fukunishi who is a craftsman of Uda-paper,Yoshino in Nara.
Biography
Akiko Fujimoto

Born in Osaka, Japan
1993 Graduate from Kansai Women's Art College, Department of Design and Art,
Course of painting and  sculpture
2002 Graduate from Osaka University of Arts, Fine Arts department, Sculptuer 
Lives and works in Osaka

Solo
Exhibitions
2006 "Life Works〜Floating Lives〜 , "Kaede Gallery, Osaka
"Full of Sunfllowers,  " Kaede Gallery, Osaka
2007 "Forms of Lives, Voices of Papers, "  Espace Culturel Bertin Poire´e Paris, Paris

Group
Exhibitions
1999 "Seeds, " Information Center of Osaka University of Arts, Osaka
2001 "Takuminomura Art Festival, "Kawakamimura, Nara
"Zawameki " Dot art cosmos, Osaka
"Densha-de GO,"―Running works―  , "Hankai Trainway Co., Ltd, Osaka
2002 "Collaboration of a temple and flowers, " Zuishinn-in Temple, Kyoto
2004 "Exhibitioh of Materials"
―Things of Transparant―,
" Kaede Gallery, Osaka
2005 "Yoshinao Mihama and young artists, " Sinanobashi Gallery, Osaka

ART
作品データは以下の順に記す。作品名/制作年・展示場所/素材/寸法(cm)
「輪廻〜イヌ〜」
2001
(奈良)
和紙
H21xW22.5xD11
「電車でGO-!」
2001
車両1両(S.Y.C.O.1.企画
(大阪)
障子紙
「Life Works」
2002
(大阪)

H62xW62xD35
「Paper Square」
2002
(京都)(S.Y.C.O.1.企画)
障子紙・ テグス ・画鋲 ・檜角材

「希望の種」
2005
(大阪)
紙.・木・蓮
H50xW25xD15

「Life Works vol.2.
〜浮遊する生命体〜」
2006
(大阪)
向日葵三昧
「Life Works シリーズ」
2006
(大阪)
向日葵・和紙・流木