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START TODAY　〜衝動と理性の狭間で〜

ナマイザワクリスはアメリカ人の父と日本人の母を持ち、東京で育つ。中学校に入学し、制服を着た彼は周りと容姿が違うことが浮き彫りになり、同調性を重んじる日本の社会へと征服されていく。そんな彼を救ったのが東京のストリートファッションであった。それまで認められていなかったファッションがストリートカルチャーでは次々に誕生し肯定された。東京のストリートファッションはナマイザワクリスを自己肯定し、その服を着ることでヒーローに変身するかのような感覚を得ることができた。特にストリートカルチャーで用いられる帽子は彼の異質な外見を隠し、日本社会に溶け込ます機能を果たした。作品は2016年に作られた新作で、作家本人が東京を表す色としてシルバーのアクリルをメインに使用。着彩した紙の上には衝動的に描かれたモチーフ。黒い線は日本人、茶色の線は作家本人、赤い線は帽子を表す。数百枚にも及ぶ着彩された紙を計画的に貼っては、衝動的にデコラージュする手法で作品は生まれる。作品の下には破れた紙が残骸として残り、作家本人が日本社会の中での葛藤した様子や、自分の殻を破り捨ててストリートに飛び出していった日として表されている。

Chris Namaizawa was raised in Tokyo, Japan, by his American father and Japanese mother.When he started his middle school life, wearing the school uniform, his multi-ethnic appearance was seen to be different from other classmates.Most Japanese children usually have black hair but his hair is light brown. Japanese teachers first thought that he dyed his hair, which wasn't allowed.Japanese culture values a harmony within the group and asks for retaining the same looks and the same sense with others in society.This sense of Japanese obligation to be the same in both looks and sense of thinking ("self-tunability") is governed in the Japanese society and people are always asked for it unconsciously. Japanese have the tendency to exclude someone appearing different. "Street Culture" fashion in Tokyo was Chris' life-saver and especially his cap functioned quite well to hide his multi-ethnic appearance and fit into Japanese society. The Acrylic papers are painted first and used for his art works. His art pieces are produced by putting thousands of Acrylic painted papers to his canvas as he planned. Then he tears them off with his artistic sense of impulsive techniques as his soul leads to become his art pieces. Torn papers were under his art piece as debris when his work completed. Those debris are showing how the artist went through his conflict in Japanese society and how his work was produced and leave his trace of art work.

■TSUTAYA TOKYO ROPPONGI（東京）

住所：〒106-0032 東京都港区六本木6-11-1 六本木ヒルズ六本木けやき坂通り

展示期間：2016年2月2日〜2016年4月30日

営業時間：7:00～4:00

休店日：なし

■Ouchi gallery（New York）

170 Tillary St Suite 105, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Wednesday, 2/2 - Sunday, 2/7
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Appointment only on Wednesday

Opening reception
Tuesday, 2/2 2016, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

2016.02

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