本堀 雄二 Yuji Honbori

不動明王
段ボール/紙菅/木
W17 H11 D22 (㎝)

本堀 雄二 yuji honbori
1958 兵庫県神戸市生まれ 1983 愛知県立芸術大学 彫刻専攻大学院修了使い古し
の段ボールから仏像を制作する本堀。 その仏像は正面から見ると透過している
ように見え、角度を変え、横から見ると段ボールの断片が立体的に
浮かび上がってきます。 本堀は日常生活の中で人々の手によって消費された物
（ダンボールや古紙、紙パックなど）を再生することに重要な意味を
見出しています。それは環境問題やリサイクルといった言葉で語られるもの
ではなく、仏教の” 輪廻転生” の概念に近いものであるといいます。1995 年に
発生した大規模な地震、阪神・淡路大震災を経験して以降、本掘は新しい材料
を使うことに抵抗を感じる様になり、身近に手に入り、加工の可能な
段ボールという素材に辿り着きました。 「捨てる紙あれば、拾う神あり。」とい
う合言葉を携えた彼は、用途を終えた段ボールから人々が崇める神仏を作り
だすというギャップによって見るものの興味を刺激し、作品の持つ強さと
尊厳がその心をとらえて放しません。
＜個展＞
2010 INAX ギャラリー（東京）
ギャラリー白（大阪）
BUTSU 鎌倉長谷寺（神奈川）
2011 アートフェアー東京 NANZUKA ブース（東京）
ギャラリー白（大阪）
BUTSU 鎌倉長谷寺（神奈川）
2013 風神雷神 NANZUKA（東京）
2014 AISHONANZUKA（香港）
2017 薬師堂 NANZUKA（東京）
2018 Passion みほとけ Gallery Yamaki Fine Art（神戸）
＜グループ展＞
2009 神戸ビエンナーレ 2009（兵庫）
2011 シャッフル 白金アートコンプレックス（東京）
神戸ビエンナーレ 2011（兵庫）
2012 シャッフルⅡ アートフェア東京
2014 PRUDENTIAL EYE AWARDS（シンガポール）
2018 リサイクルアート展 2018 キタサン広場（北海道・札幌）
2019 第 22 回岡本太郎現代芸術賞（TARO 賞）川崎市岡本太郎美術館（神奈川）
＜受賞＞
2019「第 22 回岡本太郎現代芸術賞（TARO 賞）」入選


Cardboard/Paper tube/Wood
W17 H11 D22 (㎝)

Yuji Honbori
Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture in 1958 Graduated from the Graduate School of Sculpture at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 1983 Honbori creates Buddha statues from used cardboard. When viewed from the front, the statues appear transparent, but when viewed from the side at different angles, the cardboard fragments emerge in three dimensions. Honbori finds great significance in recycling things that have been consumed by people in their daily lives (cardboard, waste paper, paper cartons, etc.). This is not something that can be described as an environmental issue or recycling, but is closer to the Buddhist concept of "reincarnation." After experiencing the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, a large-scale earthquake that occurred in 1995, Honbori began to feel reluctant to use new materials, and he came up with the material of cardboard, which is readily available and can be processed. With the motto "There is paper to throw away, there is a god to pick up," he stimulates the interest of viewers by creating gods and Buddhas that people worship from discarded cardboard, and the strength and dignity of his works capture their hearts.

1958 Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture 1983 Graduated from Aichi Prefectural University of Arts, majoring in sculpture
Honbori creates Buddhist statues from used cardboard. The Buddha statue appears to be transparent when viewed from the front, and when viewed from the side at a
different angle, it is made of cardboard.The fragments emerge three-dimensionally. Honbori collects items that are consumed by people's hands in daily life (cardboard,
waste paper, paper cartons, etc.).I find important meaning in rebirth. This is not something that is talked about in terms of environmental issues or recycling, but rather the
concept of reincarnation in Buddhism.It is said to be close to a concept. After experiencing the large-scale earthquake that occurred in 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake, we decided to use new materials for the main excavation.I started to feel a sense of resistance, so I found a material called cardboard, which is readily
available and can be processed. They say, “If there is paper to throw away, there is a god who will pick it up.” Armed with a password, he creates the gods and Buddhas
that people worship from cardboard that has no longer been used, which stimulates the interest of those who see it.
The strength and dignity of his work captures our hearts and never lets go.
<Solo exhibition>
2010 INAX Gallery (Tokyo)
Gallery Shiro (Osaka)
BUTSU Kamakura Hasedera Temple (Kanagawa)
2011 Art Fair Tokyo NANZUKA booth (Tokyo)
Gallery Shiro (Osaka)
BUTSU Kamakura Hasedera Temple (Kanagawa)
2013 Fujin Raijin NANZUKA (Tokyo)
2014 AISHONANZUKA (Hong Kong)
2017 Yakushido NANZUKA (Tokyo)
2018 Passion Mihotoke Gallery Yamaki Fine Art (Kobe)
<Group exhibition>
2009 Kobe Biennale 2009 (Hyogo)
2011 Shuffle Shirogane Art Complex (Tokyo)
Kobe Biennale 2011 (Hyogo)
2012 Shuffle II Art Fair Tokyo
2014 PRUDENTIAL EYE AWARDS (Singapore)
2018 Recycled Art Exhibition 2018 Kitasan Plaza (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
2019 22nd Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award (TARO Award) Kawasaki City Taro Okamoto Museum (Kanagawa)
<Award>
2019 Selected for the 22nd Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award (TARO Award)