Thursday, January 14, 2010

'Graduates Going Abroad "道都大卒業生たち海外へ」

Yoshida (striped shirt) was an outstanding student in my sculpture class. However, he was a painting major. He recently decided to further his study in painting by attending art school in Paris. 「私の彫刻の従業で優秀だった吉田君(08’卒安田ゼミ)は絵画を習いにパリへ」


Masa Oohashi here working on a thesis project has gone to New Zealand to fulfil his dream of becoming a special makeup artist. 大橋将史君卒業制作の作業中。彼は(04’卒イケダゼミ)はスペシャルメークアップアーチストを目指してニュウージランドへ行った。


Yuhi Kazama putting a finishing touch on one of his thesis project piece. Kazama has received a full grant to study art in Germany. 風間雄飛君(05卒’イケダゼミ)は卒業後中島ゼミと東京造形大学の大学院で版画を学んだ。最近聞いた情報によるとドイツで留学できる大金つきの賞をもらい、ドイツで美術を学んでいるらしい。



As soon as I learned from a New Year letter that one of the Dohto University graduates has gone to Paris, France for a post graduate study in art, I read in mail that another is hurrying to get aboard a plane to Venice from airport in London and left me at that. Apparently he is going to attend a graduate school in England within week and is taking a tour of Italy before the school opens.

For some reason there seems to be a mini trend to go abroad for study or practice art among some of the students that I have taught at Dohto University in Japan. Not that Japan is culturally dead. There's plenty of art activities in Japan and standard of modern art is very high there. It seems some left because they might have thought their personality and art style fits better oversea and thereby have better chance to flourish. And then there are others who probably have thought they may learn new things from a foreign school and perhaps, a change of scenery may inspire them more. Still others such as Masa Ohashi left for other countries for a purpose that can be attained better in other countries. In his case, Masa left Japan couple years ago for New Zealand to see if he can become a special makeup artist. So far as far as I know, there seems to be one graduate in France, one in Germany, one in Holland, one in New Zealand, and two in England. There's none in US and I won't go over the reason, but I hope in near future there would be few.




Isao Umeda has recently moved to England to attend a graduate school in England. Here he is giving a performance while exhibiting work in Nagano Japan. 梅田力君 は今年の一月からイギリスの大学院入学。上の写真は長野の高校を教えていたころ、個展をひらいた時のものでギターをひいているのが彼。




お正月の便りでパリへ卒業生が絵を学ぶために行ったと聞いたすぐあとメールで別な学生がイギリスの大学院(?)へ一月に入学し、大学の授業が始まる前の観光なのか、今ベニス行きの飛行機に乗り遅れるから失礼というメセージが来た。

何故か最近ミ海外へ行き、美術活動するのが道都大学の卒業生の間でミニートレンドであるようだ。日本の美術文化が貧しいからではない。むしろ、私が見たところ近代美術に関しては結構日本のレベル高いと思う。海外で活動している道都の卒業生たちの学生のころを思い出すとみんなエネルギッシュな性格の持ち主だ。イギリスに移住している佐々木エミリなどこの点、飛びぬいていた。中では彼らたちの作品や性格から見ても、海外のほうにあっているような人たちが多い。それと大橋将史君のように、特別な目的で海外へ行った卒業生もいる。彼のばあい、ペシャルメークアップアーチストを目指してニュウージランドに二年以上前に移住した。あと海外へ行く魅力はヨーロッパの伝統や外国のちがう雰囲気が魅力のよう。大変だっと思うが、新しいことを学びながら刺激を受ける彼らたち、ちょっとうらやましい。子供たちの才能を信じ、伸ばそうとと応援している親たちがいるからでのトレンドだ。


Garden wall of Emiry's house in England before repair. 修理する前のエミリの庭の壁。イギリス

Garden wall after the repair 修理後のエミリの家の庭の壁

Emiri Sasaki has been living and actively making art in England for several years. She recently moved to a town that retains some traditional English scenery. Here she has begun teaching art to kids, and married an Englishman. Above are photos of her most recent home project of repairing a garden wall.
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佐々木エミリ(99卒ナットリゼミ)は卒業後すぐイギリスに行き、ロンドンあたりで美術活動していた。最近は古風な風景の町に住み、そこでイギリス人と結婚し、子供たちに美術を教えているらしい。彼女の昨年の家のプロジェクトは庭の石の壁の修理で上の写真はそれを語っている。

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