「記憶という宝を探して生きていく」自分にとっての宝物とは何か?あれもこれも大事だし・・・とイカした服やキラキラしたアクセサリー、思い出の品々などのモノをまず思い浮かべた。でも、それと命は引きかえれない。そんな状況がもしあったら、あっさり捨ててしまうだろう。では本当の宝物とは何か?それは記憶だと思った。自分にとって記憶はすべてだと思った。今まで自分がたどった記憶、そしてこれからの絶え間なく次々に更新されていく記憶。自分の中には自分しか経験していない記憶でいっぱいだ。それが自分なのだと思うし、その記憶がなくなったら自分ではない気がする。記憶喪失になったら・・・考えると怖いけど、その時は自分にとって今までの記憶は必要なく、次に更新される記憶が自分なのだと思うしかないと思う。私は、いろいろな記憶をこれからもずっと探して自分の中に記憶させたい。世の中ワクワクすることは五万とある!!
Naoko Fukui is one of highly recommended artists introduced by Gallery TAGBOAT. She is distinguished for brightly colored painting and accessories decorated with shiny materials such as beads and spangles. One of her installations was awarded by Taro Okamoto Award of Contemporary Art, which she decorates the space and makes it into a magical room. With decorations and paintings, and the combination of plane with space, she presented viewers with a more familiar way to enjoy art. Her colorful outlines which heighten the decorations and the plane surface are recognized as her painting style. On the other hand, we could still find the hidden dignified strength in her painting, without failing to capture any twinkling of the moment. She puts all of her personal life experiences and memories to her artistic creation. Memories from the nature, memories from her grand mother who has a talent for stitching, memories from traveling and bright memories of touching moments. Not only paints on canvas, she has been using every conceivable materials to spell her memories on, such as cloth, beads, wood, pottery and so forth. She endeavors to conceal her memories in a singular space.
