Hasegawa is the artist who creates “something” cannot be there, or cannot be captured. Working with various kinds of forms, he has created metallic collages, tool-like artworks which is apparently formative but at the same time looks like useless utensils. For example, he created sculpture named “Puzzle”, which is composed of solid formative combination of different shapes of metals. The artworks of native bamboos supported by metallic beams, and the works supported by the structures that seems unable to bear the floor and the ceilings were also created in 2007. The artwork of wings, remembering Icarus’ wings, attached on the metallic “object” ― on the other hand, makes us feel the existence of the narrative. What is attractive in the sculpture is the unclearness of the meaning of the work. Due to its material solidness, metal sculpture has more possibility to be seen as an autonomous artwork. There are 2 tendencies on Hasegawa’s artworks. His work remind of those by Anthony Caro creating works for the tabletops in his last decades. We can feel that Hasegawa is another sculpture like Caro who are forcing himself to be away from traditional sculptures making autonomous works. On the other hand, there is a different feature from Caro that Hasegawa resolves materials from such tools that we usually use for the construction as iron plates, iron bars and bolts to those very familiar that can be bought at DIY stores, and utilizes them as medium.

In this exhibition as well, the work depending on bolts to be on the wall (or, the wall depending on the artwork) and the formative vehicle to go to the unpromissed future like an alchemist will be exhibited. The exhibition may become a turning point for this artist since it fuses his figurative style of Icarus’ wings and non-autonomous works of “something” cannot be seen that Hasegawa has been aware for long time. In addition, the exhibition will show that the future sculpture is able to exist on the different horizon from the past.

- Toshio Kondo, Art Front Gallery