오니시 야수아키의 설치 작품 속에서빈 공간과 보이지 않는 공기의 숨결을 통한 비움의 의미

Abstract

Should we consider differently the empty space and air in the installation work? For Onishi Yasuaki, the empty space is an essential place for installation work and inspiration. The empty space that we think is empty is filled with substances that are invisible. The air that is necessary for our life is also in it. The invisible space and invisible materials are near us, but we generally forget about it. The empty space is filled with air, but it can not be seen or captured. We know that it can not be said that it does not exist because it is not visible. Onishi Yasuaki (1979-), Japanese sculptor and installator, is interested in the invisible, space, air, negative space, etc. He reveals what is not seen, using a light material such as a black liquid adhesive (hot glue), with the support of non-material materials such as light, air or other intangible materials. Among his works, in particular, in analyzing the works of the serie Vertical Volume, Daily distance, Gawa (circle), Shaping air: A breath of mobility and Vertical Space, we look for the meaning of invisible air, breath, ki (气, primitive breath), Svi, the etymology of Sunyata, the circle of Buddhism expressed as an empty circle, “○” wonsang원상(圓相), and the meaning of emptiness. In his work, which does not follow the general process of typical sculpture, we can find the connection with the meaning of “negative space” and the term korean gan “간(間)” has the meaning of ‘between’ or ‘interspace’, space-time, as the japanese word kan or “ma(間)” that use as a concept of aesthetics in Japan. Through the work of Onishi Yasuaki, we think about empty space, full space, visible space and invisible space, materialism and nonmateriality. Between man – gan 간(間) – through the unseen space - we talk and look at each other. The air and space that conveys our echoing seem to be empty, so there is a physical emptiness, but in fact it is not empty, so it has to do with spiritual emptiness, like a fullness that comes when you are emptied. Through the space that seems empty, but not empty (filled with air and intangibles), we recall the meaning of the Buddhist emptiness jingong진공(眞空) expressed in analogy with the wind. Onishi Yasuaki evokes us of the value the invisible air and empty space through his installation work, using air and empty space which always exist near us.