今回私が推薦した作家は、いずれも平面作品の作家である。その中でも具象的なモチーフ描く画家を選び、さらには三者三様な世界観が際立つように意識しながらセレクトした。加えて、もしもタイトルをつけて括るとすれば「Unforgettable」。作品に向き合ったとき、忘れられないくらいのインパクトを与えてくる作家は数多くいるが、時間が経って私の脳の中で抽象化し、断片化したときに、いい意味で“トラウマ”のような、ゾワゾワとした触感を持つ作家を選んだつもりである。些か感覚的な選出ではあるが、いつも頭の片隅にあるゾワゾワを今回はこのような形で選出し、たくさんの人にご紹介することで、今度は相対化されるフェーズへ行けるに違いないと願っています。

All artists I selected on this occasion are those working in two-dimensional media. This was filtered down to painters that portray abstract motifs, then further down to attempting to select those that each bring forth completely different world views. Moreover, if I were to gather these under a title it would be, "Unforgettable". There are numerous artists who give us an unforgettable impact upon viewing their work, however, my aim was to select those which remained in my mind in an abstract form, and upon becoming fragmented, hold in a positive way, a kind of "trauma" imbued with a sense of murkiness. This might seem a trivial or intuitive selection, but was conducted based on a certain murkiness that always lurks in the corner of my mind. I believe that by introducing these artists to many viewers, their work will then move into the next phase of being viewed in a relative way.