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The art your imagination completes
あなたの想像力が完成させるアート
シリーズ作品を除き、タイトルは創作のはじめにあったものではなく、描き終えた時点で観る側となった私が名付けた「仮のタイトル」です。参考にするのも、答え合わせのように楽しむのも、あるいはまったく無視するのも自由です。抽象表現の色や形に意味を見出す手がかりは、あなたの記憶や経験のなかにしかありません。最終的な作品は観るかたの中で完成すべきものだと考えています。思い思いに想像の翼を羽ばたかせ、作品に新しい解釈を加えていただくことを望みます。
Hiro Yatabe, a Tokyo-based artist whose motto is “Lifestyle Art”, has been expanding the permanent exhibition titled “Hiro Yatabe Art Corner” showcasing his small works at different locations in various parts of Tokyo.
Hiro Yatabe was born to a woodworking craftsman in Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture (north of Tokyo area) in 1965. After graduating from Waseda University (Geography), he worked at a major travel agency for 15 years, achieving in-house top-class results in two sales fields. He thereafter gained various experiences at three (advertising, IT and medical-related) venture companies.
In 2012, Hiro Yatabe started his career as an artist. In 2014, he performed live painting with a professor at Franz Liszt Academy of Music in “International Organ Festival in Osaka” sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Hiro Yatabe’s Solo Exhibition
2017, 2018: Chuwa Gallery, Ginza
2019, 2020, 2021: Art Mall, Nihonbashi
Currently, with the motto of “Lifestyle Art”, the permanent exhibition titled “Hiro Yatabe Art Corner” showcasing his small works is being expanded at different locations in various parts of Tokyo (Nihonbashi, Kuramae, Morishita, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Monzen-Nakacho, Harajuku, Ebisu, and Soshigaya-Okura).
The art your imagination completes
The title given to each work does not exist at the beginning of its creation. It is merely a “tentative title” that I come up with from a viewer’s point of view when I finished painting. You are free to use it as a reference, have fun like checking your answer, or ignore it completely. The only clue to finding meaning in colors and shapes of abstract expression is in your memory and experience. I believe that the final work should be completed in the viewer’s mind.
I hope that you will let your imagination fly to add a new interpretation to the work.
