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I am of the opinion that during the 20th Century ART has shifted from the posession |
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of the privileged class to what the general public also can enjoy. And that from the |
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21st Century onward its essential part has developed, and will further acquire socio |
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-anthropological elements. |
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In other words, the consumption of ART via popularization will become related to |
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diversified phases of science. The awareness level of ART is now in the process of |
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firmly establishing itself. |
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Daisuke Funaki took part last year in the Group Show organized by this Gallery with |
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a specific theme offered for public participation. |
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His unique works of cubism not seen in the past represent the current social phenomenon. |
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His works have the power to draw our attention to the issues which we are apt to oversee. |
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It is quite common at present for us to intentionally ignore involvement in any problems |
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awkward and complicated. Such evasion is not to be justified. |
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Those who came in contact with his works would be conscious of themselves pretending |
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not to face the reality of Japan being deeply in debt which the country would probably . |
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be unable to repay! In this sense Daisuke Funaki's works belong to "avant-garde" |
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He expresses his reasons comically to which I would like to draw your attention. |
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I take pleasure in introducing Daisuke Funaki. |
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KAZUHIRO SEKI, Director |
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Casual Commitment |
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I mean to say that we are to commit ourselves more casually with other persons |
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than yourself and things in general. |
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My interpretation of ART is creating the future. My works, therefore, |
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are always committed to things in the world both in the past and at present. |
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In my opinion ART can become a new medium to bring awareness to people. |
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When Internet came into being just how many of us were sure of its becoming |
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such an effective communication tool? |
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And how many predicted that the Internet media would be a threatening competitor |
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of the press and TV media? |
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In the same manner it is possible for ART to become a medium which will |
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make us consicious of the"existence other than oneself (people, 'mono' and phenomena)". |
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The very "awareness" does function as a clue to casual commitment. |
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Since the "Disaster(3/11/2012)" the Japanese people have learned or been expected |
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(forced?)not to rely on their Government, instead to think individually in order to draw |
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conclusions and act accordingly. |
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It is not hard to assume since President Obama's inaugural address, |
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not only in Japan, but also in other parts of the world a phenomenon exists |
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where a united body has been shifting to smaller disorganized units giving rise |
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to the theory of Euro-dissolution. |
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That applies also to culture, industry and ART. |
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In Japan industry declines, and culture is centered around Internet where both senders |
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and recipients are going every which way they please. |
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Steve Jobs who recently passed away had realized a number of progressive innovations |
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by successfully combining the existing technologies and brought totally new experiences |
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to mankind. |
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In this era we are to commit ourselves to what lies beyond our standing point instead |
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of dashing into one and the same genre and direction, we should nurture and further |
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the strength each one of us possesses and complement the respective weaknesses. |
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This would certainly give us all newexperiences leading to innovations. |
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Japan should recognize a diversified sense of value and accept various culture, |
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thereby making people today more conscious of the necessity to aim at a |
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"low-context society" rather than a "high-context" one (as pointed out by Prof |
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Edward T. Hall, US socio-anthropologist), at a closer-communication and a high |
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educational society as well. |
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Japan has been fractionalized and dispersed. |
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In ART as well where an individual artist generates his feeling and expresses it as if it were |
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done in an isolated power plant. That could even impoverish him further. |
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The more diversified, the better are the works of art. |
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The same applies to individuality. No matter what, ART is the supreme "MONO". |
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We ought to connect the past and present, thereby bringing the awareness to people of today; |
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we should have and maintain a purpose of creating our future nations and societies accordingly. |
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Daisuke Funaki |
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