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九州芸文館（福岡県筑後市）を拠点に2014年度より風土、身体、自然などをテーマに取り組んできたアートプロジェクト『ちくごアートファーム計画』。今回は「美」をテーマに三人の美術家による展覧会を開催します。
阿部幸子はひたすら紙を切り続けることで誰にも邪魔されないピュアな世界を紡ぎだします。元田典利は自身の家族の介護やアイドルへの憧れをテーマに空間を埋め尽くします。いわば自己救済とも呼べる二人の表現世界に対し、ウティット・アティマナは様々な表現者とともに社会の中で機能する芸術活動の可能性を模索しています。
国内外で展開されるアートフェスティバルや市民参加型展示など、昨今の地方創生のうねりの中で芸術と社会とがこれまで以上に関わりを深め、芸術と経済とがより一層結びつきを深める現代において、本展では改めて芸術の出発点を見つめ、「美」の原点を探ります。彼ら三者三様の営みを通じて、時代・地域・言語の違いを超えて私たちのココロを揺さぶる「美」の源泉に触れてください。
※平成31（令和元）年度 文化庁 地域の博物館を中核としたクラスター形成事業
1960年生／タイ・チェンマイ在住。1990年代にチェンマイの美術家らとプロジェクト「チェンマイ・ソーシャル・インスタレーション」を企画運営。国内外のアーティストが野外や公共スペースでパフォーマンスなどを行い、日常空間にアートを現出させた。日本での主な展覧会に2012年『AIR 3331 リサーチプロジェクト もうひとつの東京』（3331 Arts Chiyoda／東京）。
1975年生／福岡県北九州市在住。精神を落ち着かせ、思考の整理のために続けていた紙を切るというシンプルな行為をパフォーマンスやインスタレーションとして発表。海外では2010年『第6回リバプール・ビエンナーレ』（イギリス）、2012年『第18回シドニー・ビエンナーレ』（オーストラリア）ほか、国内では2005年『阿部幸子個展』（GALLERY SOAP／福岡）など、これまでに国内外11ヵ国21都市にて展示。
1952年生／福岡県八女市在住。アイドルへの憧れや家族の介護をテーマに写真や映像、日用品などで展示空間を埋め尽くす作品を発表。1980年代にアメリカへ留学。国内外で展示を行う。近年の主な個展に2014年『元田典利パフォーマンス2014 1999年工藤静香俳句から2014年チョムスキー“Language and Freedom”を読むまで』（福岡市美術館・おりなす八女／福岡）など。
Chikugo Art Farm Project is an art project that features regional characteristics, body, and nature. It started in 2014 at Kyushu Geibun-kan (Chikugo City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan). This time, we present the group exhibition by three artists on the theme of “beauty.”
Abe Sachiko creates a pure world of her own, which no one can intervene, through her act of cutting papers. Motoda Noritoshi fills the space with his life story, including taking care of his family and his fantasy toward idols. While their art can be seen as an act of self-salvation, Uthit Atimana pursues the possibility of art that functions in society with various collaborators.
While art and society have become closer through trends in art festivals and participatory exhibitions under the movement of regional revitalization, this exhibition seeks to focus on the starting point of art, the root of “beauty.” Through the artistic practices of three artists who differ from one another, please feel the root of “beauty” that moves our heart by going beyond time, space, and languages.
Artists: Uthit ATIMANA, ABE Sachiko, MOTODA Noritoshi
Date: Dec. 14th (Sat), 2019 – Jan. 26th (Sun), 2020
Venue: Kyushu Geibun-kan Art Centre (1131 Tsushima, Chikugo City, Fukuoka, JAPAN)
Time: 10:00-17:00
Closed on Monday, Dec. 29th to Jan. 3rd (opened on Jan. 13th, closed on 14th)
Organized by Chikugo Art Farm Project Committee (Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education, Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Chikugo City, Chikugo City Board of Education, Chikugo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, NPO Art-Forest Design Network, Chikugo JR Geijutsu no Sato Agency)
Co-organized by The Committee for Kyushu Geibun-kan Art Exhibitions
Funded by The Fukuoka Cultural Foundation
Cooperated by MEIJIKAN Ltd., Chigusa Co., Ltd.
Supervised by HANADA Shin (Curator / Associate Professor of Saga University)
Curated by SEKIOKA Erika (Curator / Fukuoka Prefecture Culture Promotion Division)
Translated by IWAMOTO Fumiwo Art Direction & Design by MISAKO Taro
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal 2019
■Uthit ATIMINA (artist)
Uthit Atimina was born in 1960 and currently lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Atimina organized Chiang Mai Social Installation with Chiang Mai–based artists in the 1990s. Various artists from domestic and abroad conducted performance in the public space to promote art in ordinary scenes. In Japan, Atimina participated in AIR 3331 Research Project—An Alternative Tokyo (3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan) in 2012.
■ABE Sachiko (artist)
Abe Sachiko was born in 1975 and currently lives in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Abe turns her simple daily practice of cutting paper to relax and organize her own thoughts into performance and installation. She has performed Cut Papers in 21 cities in 11 countries, including Liverpool Biennial 2010 (UK), the 18th Biennale of Sydney (2012, Australia), and Abe Sachiko Solo Exhibition at Gallery SOAP (2005, Fukuoka, Japan).
■MOTODA Noritoshi (artist)
Motoda Noritoshi was born in 1952 and currently lives in Yame, Fukuoka. Motoda creates artworks in which he fills the exhibition space with photographs, videos, and daily objects on the theme of family care and his love for idols. After studying in the United States in the 1980s, Motoda has exhibited domestically and internationally. His recent solo exhibitions include Motoda Noritoshi Performance 2014: From Kudo Shizuka Haiku, 1999 to Reading of “Language and Freedom” by N. Chomsky, 2014 (Fukuoka Art Museum and Orinasu Yame, Fukuoka, Japan).
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