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For this year's DCA competition, a number of very good artworks were entered. Overall, the quality was much higher than ever before. In fact, I felt I enjoyed the screening job much more than the past seasons.
"THE EXPANSION OF DESIRE," the Grand Prize winning artwork, showed the artist's extremely high skill of modeling. He perfectly expressed the objet d'art which, while radiating its four-dimensional imagination, its longing for colors. From this artwork, I felt a "sense of space" of sort, which strongly attracted the audience's attention. It was an extremely powerful work, and well deserved the Grand Prize.
The thematic subject "Setsu-Getsu-Ka," literally suggests the "Ka-Cho-Fu-Getsu*"-like Nature world of "Wabi-Sabi**." Now, the work entitled "kawariyuku..." which won the Excellence Award for this subject, depicted such a concept very well, with its gentle color scheme. The artist did not necessarily draw the scenery straightforwardly; but her usage of the coloring was so pure and approachable, that the work struck a chord with all the screening members. It was a job well done.
The Excellence Award for the thematic subject "color," went to the work called "Summer Flowers." This artwork, when compared with the Grand Prize winning work, has a warmer coloring scheme which resulted in a softer image. I loved its deep tenderness, which made audience feel good. If forced to come up with the reason why it did not win the Grand Prize-- I'd say, it could have been even better, were it created with a better modeling skill. Nevertheless, its terrific color scheme suggested the artist's great potential. I really enjoyed its soft coloring which no one else has ever put across before.
The-Excellence-Award-winning artwork for the thematic subject "language," was entitled "music." This ferocious, youthful power was exploding out from the entire screen of this artwork. I got the impression that it was the most dynamic work, among all the entries for this year's competition, which left a lingering effect on audience's hearts. The strength of this artwork was not only that, by paying close attention, the artist made an extra effort to work on every detail of the entire screen; but he also did fully express the youthful energy which was depicted in "languages," flitting about all over the place. I think it was a wonderful work.
The artwork called "Faces of Color" won the Grand Prize of the Junior Section. The artist picked "masks" for its subject. The work expressed the powerful dynamism of masks very well, from a young person's point of view, and I liked it very much. To my surprise, it showed quite a profound coloring scheme. Different colors were fused into one, and possessed a unique, powerful atmosphere in themselves. Furthermore, it was not just the colors, but the sense of awe and respect towards festivals themselves-- something very profound-- that this artwork expressed. It really stood out among all the entries for the Junior Section.
The Excellence Award winner for the thematic subject "Setsu-Getsu-Ka," of the Junior Section, was "yukidaruma no ie to yuki no tama." This artwork showed the great quality that can be most typically expressed by a young artist; a simple, heartwarming, and fun-loving atmosphere was filled in the work which made the audience smile. I am certain the artist will soon better her ability of expression, to be able to add the extra "twists" on this type of artwork.
For the subject of "color," the artwork called "The robot's colors" won the Excellence Award. It very well expressed the images of flashing lights, neon-like objects with many different colors musically moving about, and lights pouring from the sky like showers. Its title suggested all that. The desire of sort, for colors themselves, was dynamically drawn, too.
We offered "Encouragement Award" for another fine artwork, "Rainbow Man," also entered in the thematic subject of "color." The strength of this work was the very character, which was very humorous and made the audience feel a sense of closeness to it. This cartoon-type of approachableness was hardly found in any other work. It suggested, in a sense, the creativeness which the artist possessed.
*Flower, Birds, Winds and the Moon, respectively-- another symbolic combination of Japanese aesthetics, especially to depict beauty of nature.
**Elegant rusticity and deep mysterious beauty |
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| Yoichiro Kawaguchi, Professor, University of Tokyo. Computer graphics artist born in 1952 in Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Graduated Kyushu Institute of Design and received a master's degree from University of Tokyo Education. Recognized around the world for his computer graphics art, he has received many distinguished awards, including: Tokyo Techno Forum, Gold Medal Award L'OREAL Grand Prix, L'OREAL Art and Science Foundation. "COACERVATER" (CD-ROM and book) was published in 1994 by NTT Publishing. In 1998, "LUMINOUS VISION," a collection of Yoichiro Kawaguchi's Art, was published on video, DVD and laser disk by Odyssey of the U.S.A. new book([Yoichiro Kawaguchi] was published in 1998 by ggg. TransArt Inc.) |
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