It is with my left and right hands, which I owe to my father and mother, that I make things. Somewhere down the line, I decided that my father was my left hand and my mother my right. This May, my father passed away. Perhaps because we lived separately, it took a while for his death to sink in. When I started to make things, however, my hands would suddenly stop. When it hit me that my father was really gone, my hands had ceased moving.
Hidehisa Tachibana

Despite ranging in media, Hidehisa Tachibana’s works, which include unglazed sculptures and woodcarvings, exude a similar mood. The sculptures’ strange expressions, the sensation one feels in touching them, and the long shadows they cast alternately draw in and repel viewers emotionally. It is as if the sculptures create a tie with images conjured in the viewers’ hearts. This exhibition is the tenth installment of an ongoing series.