1.0東京国立近代美術館https://www.momat.go.jp/enogawaahttps://www.momat.go.jp/en/author/ogawaarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FN1Egsqx4V"><a href="https://www.momat.go.jp/en/magazine/194">Kazama Sachiko, CEMENT MORI, 2020</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.momat.go.jp/en/magazine/194/embed#?secret=FN1Egsqx4V" width="600" height="338" title="“Kazama Sachiko, CEMENT MORI, 2020” — 東京国立近代美術館" data-secret="FN1Egsqx4V" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.momat.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/P02039.jpg1200800These five enormous woodblock prints suspended from the ceiling depict laborers with traditional miners’ attire and tools: helmets, picks, workman’s happi coats, aprons, gaiters, and straw sandals. In front of the prints is a concrete block resembling a tombstone, upon which a woodblock partially encrusted with hardened cement is placed. Are the workers gravediggers, tomb guardians, or perhaps the departed resting in the ground? The title CEMENT MORI evokes the Latin phrase memento mori urging contemplation of death, and the work’s similar urging seems key to deciphering its meaning. This work first appeared in Kazama’s solo exhibition Cement Cemetery1 at MUJIN-TO Production in 2020. This show consisted of the new […]