「具体美術協会」吉原治良の作品制作にみられる児童美術との関係 : 作品《白い円》を中心に <査読論文>

“Gutai” is an avant-garde art association in Kansai which was formed in 1954 with Jira Yoshihara as its leader. For the group’s artistic direction, Yoshihara emphasized the importance of children’s art and traditional Japanese visual arts in order to expand possibilities beyond the boundaries of genre.
This paper attempts to find the relationship between Yoshihara’s work and children’s art by examining historical periods of his style, analyzing his work with circles, and taking a close look at his recollections of early childhood. The results of the study suggest that Yoshihara sought to embody the expressive characteristics of children in the art works that he created during his transitional period from his “Informer Era” in 1957 through his “Era of Circles” in 1965.
Yoshihara’s work with circles is found to indicate a process of expression that balances the part and the whole by overlaying black and white areas until the image, hidden deep in the figure, is brought out. This perspective is linked to concepts associated with Yoshihara’s memories of childhood and to traces of accidental diagrams appearing in the drawings and scribbles of children.