now the world's most popular computer、Logo of Apple, an American mobile manufacturer、“A missing bite of an apple”? long before it became widespread、About 40 years ago、I drew a picture of a “missing apple”、I continue to draw occasionally but。At that time、The current company name Apple was called Macintosh.。Became an Apple company、When I first saw that logo、I felt that there were people who found similar things interesting.。It was more like sympathy、later、In case I might be accused of plagiarizing the logo,、I thought I'd leave behind proof that I was first.。
Such situations etc.、No one is supposed to know except me and a few people.、People who see this picture for the first time may think, ``What?、You might think, "It's just a picture of the Apple logo."。So、For now, I'll write it here、There should be a few more people in the know.。Although it's a little different、There are several similar experiences that are taken out of context.。One of them is、1990started in November、Kyushu、Eruption of “Unzen/Fugendake”。
1987Around the time、I had begun drawing a series of works called ``Cloud'' (the name of the series ``Cloud'' itself).、(I now see it as an example of such a coincidence.)。"morning、Climb with the sunrise、Clouds that change rapidly around the world during the day。You look tired.”。In that cloud、At least get a good night's sleep in a dark basement、The clouds rise again in the sky with sunrise.”、The idea was to comfort my favorite cloud.。Eventually in 1990、``A bright red cloud full of energy、Including DM for “Clouds rushing down the ridgeline”、I had a big solo exhibition at a department store with images of many clouds.。
Not only was it an interesting solo exhibition for me, but、The reputation was not bad either.。Immediately after the solo exhibition, the eruption of Mt. Fugendake in Unzen began.。The eruption was broadcast on all TV stations.、Continuously flowing from morning till night。And that “ultimate” large pyroclastic flow。My image of "bright red clouds cheerfully running down the ridge" is、Regardless of the time of production and the chronology of the pyroclastic flow.、Converged by the “pyroclastic flow” of the media。After that, every time I present a work、It was decided that the motif was a pyroclastic flow.。The overwhelming difference between individuals and mass media、It was my first direct experience。The power of television is great。Or rather、People feel like TV is real.、It seemed as if he believed in television itself.。
One more thing。2008In 2019, I said, ``A mighty waterfall falls from heaven.''、admonish arrogant people、“A punitive flood of cities” (in the Bible)、Noah's Ark was in my head)、1000The masterpiece “The Screaming Man” (210 x 540 cm)。Its sequel ``Tornado Man''、Next, new creatures that have "ceased being human" are referred to as "new life"、He had started a plan to create a series of masterpieces of the same size.。And in January 2011、I started drawing “The Great Flood” again.。The number of people drawn this time was over 300.。Two months later “2011、3、11” Great East Japan Earthquake。over the rock wall、While watching the TV footage of the tsunami as the sea overflowed towards the city like a waterfall.、I had the illusion that my painting had become reality.。I was unable to continue painting “The Great Flood” that year.。
