‘All things are impermanent’: Tatsuo Miyajima lets go of the illusion of control with latest bodies of work:
“We have a Buddhist concept of ‘all things are impermanent.’ This is the idea that everything is constantly changing and never stays the same, which fits perfectly with the Japanese climate,” Miyajima noted. “In this work [], I dared to leave fate to chance, hoping that people would actually experience this unpredictable world and think about what time is and what nature is.”
The new paintings—in oil on canvas or gold leaf on board—still revolve around numbers, but this time, rather than powered by electronic circuitry, the figures are decided by fate: viewers are asked to roll a specially made die exhibited alongside the works and change the number on display accordingly.The installation of the show at Lisson got Miyajima thinking about change once again.
On arriving in the U.K., the artist was struck by the contrast. Unlike most places in Asia, which are still cautious about the pandemic, London is thriving under its ‘living with Covid’ policy, and Miyajima, said he was happy to experience a vibrant cultural scene once again. “Japan had a lockdown of cultural and artistic activities due to Covid. Performing arts in particular suffered tremendously,” he noted.
The cultural scene in Japan, he says, should be as active as that of London, but he dismissed the idea of having another art fair in Tokyo,by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs: “I personally do not think that bringing more art fairs to the Asian area will have much effect.” Strengthening local arts education and public museum exhibitions is more important, he said.
“In London,” he recounted, “I went to the British Museum, because my work is in the Japan section there. What surprised me was that the museum was free. So many tourists and schoolchildren were there. I saw some children running around the Egyptian section and touching the mummies. I thought this was wonderful. I felt that art was liberating.”
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