Artists

Exhibiting Artists

  • This is 1001
  • HASHIMOTO Satoshi
This is 1001
Piece concept (comment from the artist at the time of selection)
The Earth came into existence 4.6 billion years ago. Or to put it another way, it took some 4.6 billion years to shape the day-to-day scenery in which we live our lives. And there are 4.7 billion years left until the end of all life on Earth… My piece, This is 1001, brings a view of both the calm and excitement of the 1,001 Kannon Bodhisattva figures at Sanjusangen-do Temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama area to the present age, looking at them from the vantage point of artistic culture as it grew from the creation of civilization and culture. I created it from the idea of how the 1,001 Kannon Bodhisattva figures might be created in this day and age. The piece is the culmination of me working with the theme of memories throughout history and working again to trace where they go as they come to the present. In this project, I question the meaning of that and those values.
Piece introduction
The outside of the cube portrays the 1,001 ochre-yellow Kannon statues as they have been remembered since the end of the Heian period. On the inside, you can see a modern-day version of those 1,001 statues to show where those memories have ended up. Highly individualistic artists join forces in this project and give a new perspective to the statues distinct from the majestic ones depicted on the outside.

Artist introduction video

Piece introduction video

HASHIMOTO Satoshi （Based out of Kyoto）
1954
Born in Kyoto
1981
Graduates from the Oil Painting Department of Kyoto City University of Arts' Faculty of Fine Arts
1987
Wins the Idea Award at the Dolls Exhibition, Osaka
1989–2003
Takes part in the Panreal Exhibition at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
1992
Wins an encouragement award at the Sea of Japan Art Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama; Toyama
1994
Wins the Chairman's Award from the Shijo Prosperity Committee at the Kyoto Shijo Street Gallery 94 Art Festival, Kyoto
1995
Wins an encouragement award at the Sea of Japan Art Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama; Toyama
1996
Wins an encouragement award at the 3rd Human Buddhist Hymn Awards Exhibition at the Kitasato Institute and Medical Center, Saitama
Receives an honorable mention at the 11th Yuzawaya Creative Awards Exhibition at Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan, Tokyo
1998
Receives an honorable mention at the 13th Yuzawaya Creative Awards Exhibition at Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan, Tokyo
2002
Wins an encouragement award at the 5th Human Buddhist Hymn Awards Exhibition at the Gyokushinnen Memorial Hall, Saitama
2007
Receives an honorable mention at the 6th Human Buddhist Hymn Awards Exhibition at the Gyokushinnen Memorial Hall, Saitama
2008
Wins Grand Prize at the 7th Nishiwaki Thumbhole Awards Exhibition at the Nishiwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo
2012
Wins the Award of Excellence at the 9th Nishiwaki Thumbhole Awards Exhibition at the Nishiwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo
2014
Wins the Award of Excellence at the 10th Nishiwaki Thumbhole Awards Exhibition at the Nishiwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo
2019
Takes part in the Ge Exhibition