Tension and Compression 4304 テンションとコンプレッション4304

Tension and Compression the title that seems straight out of a physics textbook gives us a clue to understanding the artist's concerns in this work. Shinoda spent many years in the United States and conceived the idea for this "suspended structure" series under the influence of the architect and physicist Buckminster Fuller, who was much in the news around 1960. The metallic object at the center of this work floats absolutely motionless, supported by the tensile force of stainless steel wires from four directions. The supposedly heavy metal object seems to defy gravity, magnificently suspended in space like magic. The feat thrills and tenses the viewer. This work, which Shinoda says was made to release sculpture from the restraints of gravity, in fact makes us strongly conscious of that force. Shinoda's works try to analyze anew and visualize directly the structure of the world around us, based on physics and the other sciences that have made dramatic developments in the twentieth century. Recently his trademark is a metallic style that rejects the emotional. His occasional planning of Earthwork-like projects can be interpreted as reflecting a similar "earth-scale" concern.