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Ibuki Minami
南依岐
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1995年に日本で生まれた画家・南依岐は、アメリカの美術大学を卒業後、アメリカと日本を中心にして活動している。言語学やコンピュータ・サイエンスの領域で用いられるアルゴリズム（問題を解決したり目標を達成したりするための定められた計算方法や処理方法）を独学で習得した南は、独自に改変したアルゴリズムを基盤として作品を構築していく。彼は「絵画の設計図」となるアルゴリズムをキャンバスに直接書き込み、次いで自身が設計したプログラムに基づいて色や形を配置していく。その際、事前に決定した手続きに機械的に従うだけではなく、即興的に異なる色や形を置くことによって、絵画を描く南がアルゴリズムを作成した過去の自分自身を超越していくのだと作家は語る。このようにしてできあがる南の作品は、どれも抽象画であるという共通点はあるものの、その見た目において非常に多岐にわたる。しかし、作家自身に言わせれば、その芸術実践のめざすところはただひとつであり、それは「芸術の核」、すなわち芸術を芸術ならしめている本質を探求し、抉り出すことである。南は「芸術の核」に至る、自身の独創的な制作上の方法論を「ミニマリズム」と呼んでいる。
Ibuki Minami, a painter born in Japan in 1995, graduated from an American art college and has lived and worked mainly in the United States and Japan. Self-taught in algorithms (specific methods of calculation and processing used to solve problems and achieve goals) employed in linguistics and computer science, Minami constructs his works based on his own modified algorithms. He writes the algorithm, which serves as a “blueprint for the painting,” directly on the canvas, and then arranges colors and shapes based on the program he has designed. The artist says that, by improvisationally putting different colors
and shapes, rather than mechanically following a pre-determined procedure, Minami who creates paintings transcends its past self, the originator of the algorithm. The resulting works, while they all share the commonality of being abstract paintings, are very diverse in appearance. However, in the artist’s own words, there is only one goal in his artistic practice, and that is to explore and extract the “core of art,” or the essence of what makes art art. Minami calls his creative methodology to reach the “core of art” “minimalism.”
南依岐_CV（JP）
Ibuki Minami_CV（EN）
Ibuki Minami, a painter born in Japan in 1995, graduated from an American art college and has lived and worked mainly in the United States and Japan. Self-taught in algorithms (specific methods of calculation and processing used to solve problems and achieve goals) employed in linguistics and computer science, Minami constructs his works based on his own modified algorithms. He writes the algorithm, which serves as a “blueprint for the painting,” directly on the canvas, and then arranges colors and shapes based on the program he has designed. The artist says that, by improvisationally putting different colors
and shapes, rather than mechanically following a pre-determined procedure, Minami who creates paintings transcends its past self, the originator of the algorithm. The resulting works, while they all share the commonality of being abstract paintings, are very diverse in appearance. However, in the artist’s own words, there is only one goal in his artistic practice, and that is to explore and extract the “core of art,” or the essence of what makes art art. Minami calls his creative methodology to reach the “core of art” “minimalism.”
南依岐_CV（JP）
Ibuki Minami_CV（EN）
