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Great Eraser Engraver / 偉大な消しゴム版画家 [Art&Design]

パルコファクトリー（東京・渋谷）で明日まで開催中の『ナンシー関　大ハンコ展』に行ってきました。

I went for the retrospective exhibition of "Nancy Seki's Eraser Prints" which is open till tomorrow at Shibuya Parco Factory.

At the entrance　会場入口にて

2002年に39歳の若さで急逝した、消しゴム版画家にしてコラムニストであったナンシー関さんの回顧展で、彼女の消しゴム版画の原版5,000個強とコラムニストとして執筆された誌面等がズラリ大集合。

それにしても消しゴムの原版は思っていた以上に小さく、大体5センチ四方ぐらいのものばかり。見れば見る程、彼女の仕事の緻密さ、正確さが伺えます。（中には１センチ四方ぐらいの原版もあったりして…。人の顔がきちんと掘られていてビックリ！）

彼女の生み出す作品はどこかあったかくて、好きだったなあ。
思わずクスッと笑ってしまう作品ばかりで、とにかく楽しい展覧会でした。

This retrospective exhibition is the work of eraser engraver and columnist Nancy Seki who died suddenly in the youth of 39 years old in 2002. More than 5,000 original erasers and her columns are displayed.

When I saw the original erasers, I was very surprised at their size. Most of the erasers' size were 5 cm square!! To my surprise, there was an about 1 cm square small original eraser which the face of the person was carved properly.
Though she produced and wrote sarcastic and witty essays, we can feel her kindly mind. I gave a short smile many times .

I enjoyed and admired her works very much at this exhibition.

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