村上隆のインスタグラム(takashipom) - 2月10日 04時39分

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The motif is originally taken from the fish painted on Yuan Dynasty blue flower vase, but it took me a long time to digest it in my own way. The original imagery was so magnificent that it intimidated me; I couldn’t fully pull it into my own motif. But after exploring the more traditional themes in a series of paintings I started in 2011, such as the 100-meter-long Arhat painting and 25-meter-long painting of the immortals, I was finally able to digest the mode of the Yuan Dynasty China. I imagine this process to be something similar to how an actor might throw themselves into creating a historical role by gaining or losing weight and getting mentally ground down. But in any case I’m not adept at such a process and it took me over a decade to realize this painting.
That is, with this work, I’m finally making good my promise to Larry. The painting is huge, at 3-meter high and 16-meter wide.

After 11 or so years, I was able to finally return to my initial promise; it’s refreshing and regenerating. This work therefore truly represents the feeling of “gyatei, gyatei” in the title of the show.

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