斑万字 斑万字

斑万字

斑万字
斑万字

出生于东京的斑万字,为学习锻金技术作为创作的基础,高中毕业后随即前往京都,于锻金师的门下担任学徒数年,扎根学习各种金属的加工技术之后,立志成为艺术家,持续自学并开始发表创作。

斑万字擅长运用称之为「木目金」(Mokume-gane)的日本传统锻金技术,创作出简洁、具现代感的立体雕塑。木目金的发展始于约四百年前的江户时代初期,层叠多种金属打造出精致的花纹,装饰在武士的刀剑上,兼具美感与权势的象征。随着武士文化式微,做工繁琐且费力费时的木目金技术近乎失传于世,近年受到国际美术馆的收藏与研究,才又重新受到关注,而斑万字更是率先将此传统工艺技术作为艺术创作手法的先驱。

〈裸立方〉(Uncovered Cube)系列作品雕塑,看似形状相似的各个面向,实则具备纤细差异,艺术家藉由立方体表现出人类本身具有的多方样貌。探究人性与物质本性的创作方向,从立体延伸至平面,应用木目金的锻造手法过程,在一如往常地敲击下,探讨软硬刚柔迥异的多种媒材相互之间的融合极限与并存关系,投射艺术家对于人性本质相异的反向思索体悟,累积成他充满矛盾与反复诘问自己的人间观察笔记。

ARTWORKS

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

斑万字:CORE

網上展览
2021.11.13

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

斑万字: EXPLOSION

银座新馆
2022.04.29 - 05.28

斑万字: Core

台北空间
2021.11.13 - 12.26

MADARA MANJI: MASS
Ginza New Gallery
December 18, 2020 - January 23, 2021
MADARA MANJI: ACCUMULATION
Taipei
September 19 - October 18, 2020
MADARA MANJI: VORTEX
Karuizawa Gallery3
July 1 - August 2, 2020
MADARA MANJI: Antagonism and Transcendence
Karuizawa Gallery2, 3
April 26 - May 21, 2017

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS

SOLO EXHIBITION

2022
EXPLOSION / Whitestone Ginza New Gallery
2021
CORE / Whitestone Gallery Taipei
2020
MASS / Whitestone Ginza New Gallery
ACCUMULATION / Whitestone Gallery Taipei
VORTEX / Whitestone Gallery KARUIZAWA
2017
Antagonism and Transcendence:Whitestone Gallery KARUIZAWA

 

GROUP EXHIBITION

2019
Neo-Materialism / Whitestone Ginza New Gallery
2018
HEBIME MADARAMANJI : Archetype / Whitestone Gallery KARUIZAWA
2017
INTERMIXTURE / Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong Hollywood Road

 

ART FAIR

2021
Art Fair Tokyo 2021 / YOD Gallery
2020
art TNZ / YOD Gallery
2019
KUNST RAI 2019 / YOD Gallery
2018
VOLTA 14 / YOD Gallery
2017
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2017 / Whitestone Gallery KARUIZAWA
ART NAGOYA 2017 / Whitestone Gallery KARUIZAWA

IMAGES

“ACCUMULATION” installation image, Taipei, 2020
“ACCUMULATION” installation image, Taipei, 2020
“ACCUMULATION” installation image, Taipei, 2020
“ACCUMULATION” installation image, Taipei, 2020
“MASS” installation image, Ginza New Gallery, 2020
“MASS” installation image, Ginza New Gallery, 2020
“MASS” installation image, Ginza New Gallery, 2020
“MASS” installation image, Ginza New Gallery, 2020
“MASS” installation image, Ginza New Gallery, 2020
“VORTEX” installation image, Karuizawa, 2020
“VORTEX” installation image, Karuizawa, 2020
“VORTEX” installation image, Karuizawa, 2020

VIDEOS

VORTEX

" VORTEX " - behind the scenes

MASS

EXPLOSION

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