Art That Makes You Cry Out — Dai Ah!!rt Exhibition
The Dai Ah!!rt Exhibition, now a regular art program produced by Fuji Television, was held at Seibu Shibuya. The full title is “Art That Makes You Cry Out — Dai Ah!!rt Exhibition.” Launched several years ago, the project was previously staged under the title “Ah-ho!”
The exhibition is produced by broadcast writer Mitsuru Kuramoto. It is a delightful art project that brings together works full of surprise, emotion, and humor — the kind that make you unconsciously blurt out “Ah!!” The show applies the “Ah-ho” filter, a playful spin on the Osaka-dialect praise word “ahoya na~” (“what a fool ~”), to add a witty retort to the works of emerging creators. This not only makes each artist’s originality even more striking but also brings the essence of their work to the surface.
Graduating from This Control Ah!!rt — Jet Ninomiya Kinjiro
The artist showing under the credit “Graduating from This Control” is Tesshin Iino, and the work is the “Jet Ninomiya Kinjiro Statue.”
Living up to his self-description as “a sculptor who turns boyhood spirit into art,” his pieces are the kind ordinary men can wholeheartedly relate to. The caption text for the work is a highlight too!
“So it was true after all. You didn’t like carrying that firewood and studying all the time, did you? Well done for putting up with it, Kinjiro. That book in your hand is a girlie mag too, isn’t it? That’s fine. You don’t have to be a model for anyone. Just do what you like.”
Mini Jet Ninomiya Kinjiro
A little way off, seven “Mini Jet Ninomiya Kinjiro” figures were lined up as if performing.
Tesshin Iino
Tesshin Iino is a sculptor born in 1981 in Tokyo and a graduate of Kanazawa College of Art. The “portfolio” catalogue placed beside the Jet Ninomiya Kinjiro statue is also distinctive, with a nice sense of humor woven through it.
