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Madeline Gins — The Mechanism of Meaning
Original title: マドリン・ギンズ 意味のメカニズム
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Born in Nagoya in 1936, Shusaku Arakawa abandoned his artistic activities in Tokyo and moved to New York in 1961, “a little farther away.” Working from Yoko Ono's studio, through exchanges with many artists including Marcel Duchamp he met poet Madeline Gins (1941–2014), who became his partner. The problem they addressed was <What is meaning?> We are always <feeling/thinking> something, but much of this concerns <meaning> mediated by <words>.
The 2 undertook an exhaustive investigation of that <meaning>. After 25 years, the result, completed as an ongoing project, was “The Mechanism of Meaning.” The work comprises 81 large two-dimensional works and 44 drawings, together with photographs and models, for a total of 127 pieces. On this occasion, when a major series that can be called their life's work is presented in its entirety, why not go a little further, beyond the meaning of seeing?
1936年名古屋に生まれた荒川修作は、東京での作家活動を捨て、『もう少し遠くへ』と1961年ニューヨークに渡ります。オノ・ヨーコのアトリエを制作拠点として、マルセル・デュシャンをはじめとする多くのアーティストとの交流の中で、パートナーとなる詩人マドリン・ギンズ(1941-2014)と出会います。二人が取り組んだのは<意味とは何か?>という問題です。私たちはいつも何かを<感じ/考え>ていますが、その多くは<言葉>を通した<意味>についてのものです。
二人はその<意味>の徹底的な追究に取り組んだのです。それから25年を経て、継続中のプロジェクトとして完成したのが「意味のメカニズム」です。作品は81点の大型平面と44点のドローイング、さらに写真と模型を加えた総数127点。ライフワークと呼べる大シリーズ作品を一挙公開するこの機会に、見ることの意味を超えて、もう少し遠くへ行ってみませんか?
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