11 | 中西夏之 |
男子総カタログ'63 | |
1963年 |
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11 | NAKANISHI Natsuyuki |
General Catalogue of Males | |
1963 |
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学芸員の作品解説
青写真用感光紙を複数枚繋いだ約12mの本作は、ハイレッド・センター(以下、HRC)による「シェルター計画」(1964年1月26/27日、帝国ホテル旧館で実施されたイベント。招待者の身体を計測・記録し、等身大「シェルター」を販売することを目的とした)において撮影されたHRC結社員・中西夏之、赤瀬川原平、和泉達の背面写真を、のちに中西が等身大でプリントした作品。土方巽アーカイヴ(アート・センター内)に紐づくかたちで慶應義塾にもたらされた。「土方巽+中西夏之『背面』」展(2012年、アート・センター)に際し修復が計画された。長尺についだ紙をひろげた形状の本作は、展示でかかる負荷によって紙の傷みが深刻であったが、作家関係者の名前が入った当て紙がなされるなど、制作当時から展示の度に手当てがされてきた形跡が見られた。制作時の風合いや資料的価値を残すためにも、外形的には現状維持の方針をとることにした。展覧会前には、テープ跡の除去および繋いだ長尺紙面の損傷部・接合部に対し和紙と生麩糊を用いて展示に耐えうる補修・補強を施した。また展示後には、中性紙の専用保管容器を新調し、長期的な作品保存の手立てがとられた。[長谷川]
Commentary by Curator
"This 12-meter-long artwork made of several sheets of cyanotype paper is a life-size back photography of Hi-Red Center (hereinafter HRC) members: Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Genpei Akasegawa, and Tatsu Izumi. The photographs were taken during the ""Shelter Plan"" by HRC, an event which took place on 26 and 27 January 1964 in the old building of the Imperial Hotel. The aim of the event was to measure and record the bodies of guests and sell their life-size ""shelters"". The artwork landed at Keio University in connection to the Hijikata Tatsumi Archive (in Keio University Art Center). For the exhibition ""Tatsumi Hijikata + Natsuyuki Nakanishi–– Back"" (in 2012, Keio University Art Center), a restoration of the work was planned. The artwork, composed of some sheets of paper, was severely damaged by the past displays. There is a slip of paper on the back of it with the names of the artists involved, indicating that the artwork had been repaired after every exhibition. In order to preserve the original texture of the artwork and its documentary value, the appearance had been kept as is. Before the exhibition, the tape traces were removed, and the damaged parts and joints of the connected papers were restored with washi paper and shofu-nori (wheat starch paste) to withstand installation. After the exhibition, a new storage box made of acid-free paper was prepared for long-term preservation."