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このたび、脇田美術館では「木のデザイン」公募展を開催いたします。
これは、森林を環境資源として意識し、[木のデザイン]を募り、展覧会を通じ発信していくプロジェクトです。
ライフスタイルや木の文化の再考を提案し、循環する森林環境の提唱や、資源活用の促進等、 社会と文化の進展に貢献することを目的に、文化や歴史が息づく芸術文化の香り高い町、 軽井沢から発信していく芸術活動です。

2010年秋に開催した[木のデザイン]招待作家展では、日本画、彫刻、工芸、デザイン、建築等の様々な分野において 国内外で活躍する20名の出品作家と3名の特別出品作家による、長野県産カラマツを素材に制作された作品を展示いたしました。
本展では、全国から一般公募し、厳正な審査をへて選出された入選作品18作品を展示・紹介いたします。
展覧会開催にあたり、趣旨にご賛同いただき、ご出品いただいた作家の皆様、貴重なご助言を賜りました関係者の皆様方、 ご協力をいただいたすべての方々に厚くお礼を申し上げます。

財団法人脇田美術館

Announcement and greetings

Wakita Museum of Art will be holding an exhibition entitled “Designs in Wood” which works are selected from the general public. This is a project in which “Designs in Wood” are sought after, in consideration of forests as the environmental resources, in order to send out messages through the exhibition. By proposing reconsideration of the modern lifestyle or the wood culture, with the purpose of contributing to the societal and cultural development, such as advocating the cyclical forest environment and promotion of resource utilization, this is a form of an art activity sent from Karuizawa, a town of a long culture and history with a notable artistic culture.

In the “Desings in Wood” exhhibition by invited artists held in the fall of 2010, 20 artists who were active in Japan as well as overses and 3 special guest artists contributed their works, using the larch wood from Nagano Prefecture, in various fields including Japanese-style painting, sculpture, craftwork, design and architecutre.
The exhibition this time will display and introduce 18 artworks that are sought from the public and selected by an impartial panel of judges.

We would like to express our gratitude for those artists who have agreed with the idea and contributed their works, as well as those who have given us precious advice and support, to make this exhibition possible.

Wakita Museum of Art