FUTURE CITY FUTURE NIGHT

スマートイルミネーション横浜

© Smart Illumination Yokohama executive committee

日下淳一 Junichi Kusaka

アーティスト / Artist

横浜市生まれ・在住。東京藝術大学大学院美術研究家修士課程修了。1994年「人間の条件」展(スパイラル)で衣食住をテーマとする3部作を発表。以降「衣」作品を中心に、国内外の画廊、美術館で発表を続けている。
囚人服のイメージが強い白黒の縞模様で仕立てたビジネススーツや花柄の建築土木作業服、赤い白衣など社会通念を覆すような「衣」に始まり、アロハシャツの生地やフェイクファーで仕立てた学生服などを発表。
2008年以降、電飾スーツなど奇抜な衣装を着て、美術展などのオープニングパーティーや街頭へ出没するパフォーマンスを行なっている。

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He was born and lives in Yokohama city. Completed Master Course of the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. Presented a work in 3 parts which theme was food, clothing and housing at 〝Of the Human Condition〞 (Spiral) in 1994. Since then he has presented in national and international galleries and museums.

Started with 〝clothes〞 to explode conventional wisdom such as business suits with black and white stripes like prison clothes, engineering/building work clothes with a flower pattern or a doctor’s coat in red, and presented school uniforms made with cloth of aloha shirts or fake fur.

Since 2008, he has appeared frequently at opening ceremonies of museums or towns wearing an extraordinary costume like illuminated suits.

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