Cell II

The world of living things seen through a microscope is full of beauty that we humans cannot imagine. There is a micro, macro, and nanoscale world that cannot be captured by human eyesight. Nirasawa once had the experience of looking inside her body with an endoscope. The special act of looking inside my organs was strange and interesting, like exploring a mysterious world she had never seen before. The protrusions on the walls of our internal organs, the cilia that cover the protrusions, and the myriad holes on the surface of the cilia. What is the shape of the cell, which is the smallest unit? She made the painting while thinking about the endlessly small world. And when she is aware of the fact that her body is made up of innumerable small units, a mysterious feeling of relief is born.

顕微鏡で覗いた生物の世界は、我々人間には想像もつかないほどの美しさに満ち溢れている。そこには人間の視力では捉える事のできないミクロ、マクロ、ナノスケールの世界が存在する。かつて、内視鏡で自分の身体の中を覗いた経験がある。自分の臓器の内部を目視する特殊な行為は、今まで見た事もない不思議な世界を探検する奇妙で興味深いものだった。我々の内臓の壁面にある突起、更にその突起を覆う繊毛、更にその繊毛の表面の無数の穴。最も小さな単位である細胞は一体どのような形態をしているのだろう？どこまでも果てしない小さな世界に思いを馳せながらペインティングを制作した。そして自分の身体とはその小さな無数の単位が合わさって構成されているという事実を意識した時、不思議な安堵感が生まれる。
Cell i
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell a
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell d
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell c
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell e
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell b
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell f
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell g
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
Cell h
2013 - 2017 / acrylic painting on round canvas / 40cm diameter
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