千葉蒼玄　個展 　Sogen Chiba Solo Exhibition

千葉蒼玄　個展
2018年5月16日（水）〜 6月2日（土）
会場：北井画廊

Sogen Chiba Solo Exhibition
Wed. 16 May -  Sat. 2 June  2018
at Gallery KITAI

壁 -変容の神秘-
The Wall  -The Mysteries of Transformation
180.0×80.0cm

宮城県石巻出身の書家。幼少時より書を学ぶ。若くして師を亡くしたことから独自の技法を習得し発展させてきた。中でも超長鋒（ちょうちょうほう）と呼ばれる鞭のような毛の細長い筆をつかい筆軸の回転運動によって墨の鋭い飛沫を意図的に紙面に刻む「飛ばし」の作品が海外でも反響を得る。2007年にはNYのコレクターが自宅ペントハウスで美術愛好家等を招いて彼の個展を開催、席上揮毫をする。また、地元でもプロ野球球団・東北楽天イーグルスの2011年チームスローガンに彼の書と「飛ばし」のイメージ作品が使用される。2011年3月11日の東日本大震災で気仙沼に保管していた長さ10mを超える代表作含む100点以上が津波に流されるが、すぐに立ち上がり、失われたものへの「鎮魂と復活」をテーマに東京と仙台で大規模な個展を開催する。

Chiba, a calligrapher born in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, began studying calligraphy during his childhood. Because he lost his teacher when he was still young, he acquired and developed his own original techniques. The aspect of his work that has attracted the most attention in Japan and overseas is his use of tobashi, or sharp splashes of sumi intentionally made through rotational movements of the handles of brushes called chochoho, which have long and thin bristles resembling whips. In 2007, a collector in New York invited art enthusiasts and others to his own penthouse for a private exhibition of Chiba’s works, where the artist demonstrated his calligraphic techniques. In Japan, a work of Chiba’s comprising calligraphy and an image made with tobashi was used for the 2011 slogan of the professional baseball team the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles. The tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 swept away more than 100 of Chiba’s works stored in Kesennuma City including a representative work of over 10 meters in length. However, he soon recovered his energy and held large-scale private exhibitions in Tokyo and Sendai under the theme of “the repose of souls and rebirth.”