湯原和夫 Kazuo Yuhara

1930年出生於東京，畢業於東京藝術大學美術學部雕刻系，1962年獲得丸善石油藝術獎大賞，並以大獎獲得的獎金，隔年前往巴黎生活與創作，直到1980年歸國。他在學生時期從事具象雕塑創作，從巴黎歸國後，作品風格便開始轉為強而有力的冷抽象極簡風格，呈現作品本身的材質肌理，彰顯形而上的意義。

創作理念

這次創作的作品是最近幾年之間個人對空間的實驗表現之新構想，作品不僅可以供人觀賞，其實觀眾又可藉由進入作品的空間之中，可以嘗試著發現精神與身體感受的共有。雖說藝術是知性的產物為眾所皆知，但個人卻嘗試從實際存在的材料裡，探求吾等的存在性這種人類本能的欲求。

About the Artist

Born in 1930 in Tokyo, Kazuo YUHARA graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he studied sculpture. In 1962, he won the grand-prize with the scholarship of studying abroad at the Competition of Maruzen Oil Foundation, Tokyo, and left for Paris the next year, where he worked until returning to Japan in 1980. His sculptures during his earlier days as an art student were figurative. After his return, his works transformed into cold minimalist abstract style, presenting the nature and texture of the materials and manifesting metaphysical meaning.

Artist's Statement

The works created during this residency program were based on some of my new concepts on experimental expression of space; the works not only can be admired, visitors can also enter into the spaces and try to discover the shared perceptions of spirit and body. Even though everyone knows that art is an intellectual product, I personally try to explore our existences, and the desires of human nature, through materials that really exist.