作品や作家を知ることから、あなたにとって特別な作品との出会いに繋がれば嬉しいです。
お家に現代アート作品を飾り、日常にアートを取り入れる楽しさをお伝えできればと思っています。
今回は、すどう美術館 須藤一郎館長の「館長のひとりごと」を掲載します。
贅沢は素敵だ
9月18日（日）（2022年）から始まった秦野市のぎゃらりーぜんで7回目となる「すどう美術館収蔵作品展」は24日（土）に無事に終了しました。
会期中2回にわたり台風情報に脅かされ、さすが「晴れ男」の異名をとる私の神通力も消え失せたかと思っていましたのに、私の作品解説と志らら師匠の落語があった19日もその他の日も大雨とは無縁で、多くの皆さんにお出かけいただけたのは、このうえない幸運でした。
予報では電車も止まりそうであった最終日も雨は降らず、おまけに一番ひどいとされていた夕刻、作品搬出のころは青空となっていました。
どうやらもう少し「晴れ男」でいられそうです。
「ぜん」展会期中は毎日ギャラリーに通っていましたので、終了翌日の25日は、溜まってしまった洗濯、乏しくなっていた食料の買い物に費やしたほかは休養にあてましたが、今日26日は小田原の市街へ繰り出しました。
いろいろ支払いやギャラリー回りもあってですが、一段落しましたので、メインは珍しく「よーし、おいしいものを食べよう」だったのです。
東京など外出の折にはそれなりに気を使ってデパートなどのレストランにも寄るのですが、時間の都合などもあり、「早くて、安くて、うまい」吉野家なども使っています。「吉野家」には悪いのですが、ここをよく使っているとは言いにくい気持でいましたのに、8月に亡くなった京セラの創業者で「経営の神様」と言われた稲森和夫さんが「吉野家」の愛用者だったことを知りました。
それで、ここのところ少し平気で「吉野家」の名を出すことができるようになったのですが、今日はなんと小田原で有名なうなぎ屋を目指したのです。
ところが用事を一通り済ませ1時過ぎにその店に着きましたら、お店はお客でいっぱい、待っている人も多く、入る余地はありませんでした。泣く泣く次の機会にと諦め二番目の候補である海鮮茶屋に向かいました。
ここでもお客が多く、だいぶ待ちましたが、観念して腰を据え、おいしい料理と昼間からおいしいお酒を少しいただき、満足して帰宅しました。
それにしても世間の皆さんはずいぶん贅沢をしているのですね。
その昔、第二次世界大戦を経験している私は戦時中「贅沢は敵だ」という標語の中で育てられました。でも今日の体験からも贅沢は敵ではなく、「贅沢は素敵だ」との思いを強くして帰ってきたのです。
すどう美術館 館長 須藤一郎
[ Gallery SUDOH director’s monologue ] Part27 “Luxury is nice.”
I am happy if getting to know the artwork and the artist will lead you to an encounter with a special piece of art for you.
I hope to convey to you the pleasure of decorating your home with contemporary art and incorporating art into your daily life.
This time, with the cooperation of Ichiro Sudoh, Director of Gallery SUDOH, I will be posting [ Gallery SUDOH director’s monologue ] .
Luxury is nice.
The seventh exhibition of works from the Gallery SUDOH collection, which began on September 18 (Sun.) (2022) and was held at Gallery ZEN in Hadano City, was successfully completed on September 24 (Sat.).
During the exhibition, we were threatened twice by typhoons, and I thought my divine powers as a “man of sunshine” had disappeared.
I was extremely fortunate that many people were able to visit the exhibition on the 19th, when I gave an explanation of my work and Master Shirara told a rakugo story, and on the other days, which were not affected by heavy rain.
The forecast was for the trains to stop, but it did not rain on the final day, and the sky was blue by the time the works were taken out in the evening, which was said to be the worst part of the day.
It appears that I will be able to be a “sunny man” a little longer.
Since I visited the gallery every day during the “Zen” exhibition, I spent the day after the exhibition ended, the 25th, doing laundry and shopping for food, which had become scarce, and otherwise resting. Today, the 26th, I went to the city of Odawara.
I had to pay some bills and visit galleries, but now that I had settled down, the main thing I wanted to do was, unusually, to eat something delicious.
When I am out and about in Tokyo and other places, I take the proper precautions and stop by restaurants in department stores, but due to time constraints, I also use restaurants such as Yoshinoya, which is “fast, inexpensive, and delicious. I am sorry to say that I often use Yoshinoya, but I learned that Kazuo Inamori, the founder of Kyocera Corporation who passed away in August and was called the “God of Management,” was a loyal customer of Yoshinoya.
So I can now mention the name “Yoshinoya” with a little levity these days, but today, to my surprise, I went for the famous Unagi (eel) restaurant in Odawara.
However, when I arrived at the restaurant a little after 1:00 p.m., it was full of customers and there were many people waiting to get in, so there was no room. In tears, I gave up and headed to my second choice, Kaisen Teahouse, for the next time.
Again, there were many customers and I had to wait a long time, but I gave up and sat down, had some good food and a few good drinks during the day, and went home satisfied.
But still, everyone in the world is very extravagant.
Having experienced World War II in the past, I was raised under the wartime motto “luxury is the enemy. But even from today’s experience, luxury is not the enemy, and I have come home with a strong feeling that luxury is wonderful.
Ichiro Sudoh
Cooperation： Photo Reference： Gallery SUDOH Gallery Zen
