袴田京太朗 / Kyotaro HAKAMATA

1963年静岡県生まれ、神奈川県在住
1987年  武蔵野美術大学造形学部彫刻学科卒業

80年代後半から発表を始め、初期にはベニヤ板やメッキ鋼板、ビニールシートなどの工業製品を素材とし、空洞を内包した「抜け殻」のような彫刻作品を制作していた。その後、家具、電気コード、レモン、FRPなど、さまざまな素材を用いて、常に彫刻らしからぬ要素を取り込みながら特異な彫刻観を追求してきた。近年では既製の置物を直接用いて、時に政治性を孕む彫刻の複製性の問題を、色鮮やかなアクリル板を積層させた人型彫刻によって表現している。彫刻の表面と不可視の空洞性の問題、また、本物（リアル）と偽物（フェイク）を対峙させた彫刻の存在の危うさを、乾いたユーモアやナンセンスをともなう独自な方法論で展開させている。

Kyotaro HAKAMATA

Born 1963 in Shizuoka, Live in Kanagawa
1987　  Graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Musashino Art University

The announcement began in the latter half of the 1980s, and in the early days, he used industrial products such as plywood, galvanized steel sheets, and vinyl sheets as materials to create sculptures such as “shells” containing cavities. Since then, he has pursued a unique view of sculpture by constantly incorporating elements that are not sculptural, using various materials such as furniture, electric cords, lemons, and FRP. In recent years, using ready-made figurines directly, the problem of the duplication of sculptures, which is sometimes political, is expressed by humanoid sculptures made by laminating colorful acrylic plates. The problem of the surface of the sculpture and the invisible cavities, and the danger of the existence of the sculpture that confronts the real (real) and the fake (fake) are developed by a unique methodology with dry humor and nonsense.