岩崎 努
IWASAKI Tsutomu
嘉来
Kaki (Persimmon)
楓材、水干絵具、岩絵具、胡粉、膠
maple wood, suihi pigments (refined mud-based pigments) and mineral pigments, gofun (white shell pigments), animal glue
2024
©︎Tsutomu Iwasaki, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery Photo by Kenji Takahashi
ARTIST INFORMATION
岩崎努は1972年富山県南砺市井波生まれ。欄間彫刻で知られる富山伝統の井波彫刻師を父にもち、自然と彫刻の道へ進むことになります。
1995年武蔵野美術大学造形学部彫刻学科を卒業後、彫刻家の多田美波氏、父に師事したのち、より写実的な表現の追求を目指し独立。富山市東岩瀬町に「木彫岩崎」を開業し、伝統をふまえた独自の世界観を発展させてきました。2023年「超絶技巧未来へ！明治工芸とそのDNA」（岐阜県現代陶芸美術館ギャラリー1、長野県立美術館、三井記念美術館等に巡回）への参加や、ライフワークと位置づける天神像の制作、近隣の寺院やミシェランの星つきレストラン、世界的に有名な時計メーカーとの作品など、国内外で高い評価を得ています。
Tsutomu Iwasaki was born in 1972 in Inami, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. With a father who is a traditional Toyama Inami sculptor known for his ranma sculptures (a kind of fixture in traditional Japanese interiors), it was natural for him to pursue a career in sculpture.
After graduating from the sculpture department at Musashino Art University in 1995, Iwasaki studied under sculptor Minami Tada and his own father before striking out on his own in order to pursue a more realistic idiom of expression. In 2023, he participated in the “In the Genes, Taking Marvelous Meiji Craftsmanship into the Future” exhibition (which toured to Gallery 1 of the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum, and the Mitsui Memorial Museum among others), the creation of Tenjin statues, which he regards as his lifework, and works produced in collaboration with nearby temples, Michelin-starred restaurants, and internationally renowned watch manufacturers, earning him critical acclaim both in Japan and abroad.
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