SILVANA: 1985 Memories of Yuigahama

This work depicts a mental landscape centered on the signature silver expression of UNDULATION, capturing the overwhelming brilliance of midsummer sun, the clear blue sky, and the shimmering sea reflecting sunlight. At first glance, it presents a dazzling, powerful, and vibrant summer scene. Yet beneath that radiance lies a complex, ambiguous emotion—one that cannot be fully expressed by mere nostalgia—quietly submerged.

The setting for this work is Yuigahama in Kamakura, a place the author still loves dearly...

In my early twenties, I frequented this place every summer weekend. However, back then, I had little financial or mental leeway, constantly carrying dissatisfaction and anxiety about my job and living situation through each day. Consequently, the time spent at Yuigahama doesn't remain vividly etched in my memory as "happy memories." Instead, it lingers in my heart as a somewhat hazy, elusive impression.

The silver glow employed in this work is not merely decorative or a symbol of beauty. It reflects the complex emotions of that time—wrapped in intense light, yet never truly brightening the heart. Hope and anxiety, liberation and restlessness, escape from reality and the reality that must be faced... These conflicting feelings intertwine and shimmer within the silver layers.

By deliberately leaving traces of shadow and instability within the glittering summer landscape, this work exists not as a "beautiful memory" but as an "honest memory." The silver light of UNDULATION is not a light that romanticizes the past, but a light that encapsulates the unfinished, fragile state of mind from that time. This piece reflects the artist's own inner landscape, where brilliance and ambiguity coexist.