Hideho Tanaka
Born: 1942, Chiba, Japan
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12ht VANISHING & EMERGING
silk and linen
11” x 4.75” x 4.75”
14” x 4” x 4”, 2004
$3,400
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1ht VANISHING I
stainless steel, sisal, fiber, paper, cotton cloth, 27" x 5" x 9", 1998, $950
2ht VANISHING II
stainless steel, sisal, fiber, paper, cotton cloth, 8" x 25.5" x 4", 1998, $950
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5ht VANISHING 2
stainless steel and paper
7.5Ó x 7.25Ó x 7.75Ó
1990
$1,300 |
Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines; Karuizawa Takanawa Museum, Japan; Abasiri Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan; LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York; Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (4th International Triennial of Tapestry); Banff Art Centre, Canada; Lausanne, Switzerland (12th International Biennial of Tapestry). |
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3ht VANISHING
hemp cloth and stainless steel
10Ó x 8Ó x 7Ó, 1999
$1,900 |
Statement:
I express the relation in all things in nature with SOJO, SOKOKU from the old days. One SOJO is MOKUSHOKA (Fire is born from Wood) • KASHODO (Land is born from Fire) • DOSHOKIN (Metal is born from Fire) • KINSHOSUl (Water is born from Metal) • SUISHOMOKU. (Wood is born from Water) • SOKOKU is MOKOKUDO (Wood fights Land) • DOKOKUSUl (Land fights Water) • SUIKOKUKA (Water fights Fire) • KAKOKUKIN. (Fire fights Water) • KINKOKUMOKU (Metal fights Wood). These things express the deep meaning in the domain of creation.
When I look back on the activities that influenced me as a young man, I realize that I sought immortality in free expression. But I came to have doubts about everlastingness. There are differences between the material and the existing environment. I will certainly be extinct someday, which is part of the cycle of life, and this realization changed my interests.
I understand now that objects are born from man-kind are to meet the last moment in the future. In order to achieve this expression I usually use fire. I discovered this use of fire at Hamamatsu Open Air Exhibition in 1984. The resulting work was titled was Scorched Earth. I had many accidents on the beach but I discovered many creative ideas. Fiber material is very convenient and easy to use to make plastic art. Anybody is able to express himself or herself with art and feel freedom. My aim in the future is to connect language to form and body.
Hideho Tanaka |
6ht VANISHING 3
stainless steel, wood and paper
7Ó x 5.5Ó x 10Ó 1997
$800 |
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