-Empty Sky- The word, "Empty", occurred to my mind when I looked up at a clear sky in cold winter, facing the Ground Zero.　The September 11th was the terrible tragedy, and at the same time I wonder if it gave an opportunity to all of the world to reconsider the reality of our cultures and our place or the space we occupy in the　expanding history of civilization.

The feeling of emptiness and loss came to my mind by facing Ground Zero, but I also remember that this has been always with me historically, and the present age as we add, subtract, or erase the visual and intlectual content expressed in form by our present lives and our different cultures around the world, and my cultural content and viewpoint in the content and ideas expressed through my art and being Japanese.

By selecting "Empty Sky" as a theme for my exhibition, I would like to express my sense of loss and the void left by the absence of a dynamic life filled architectural icon (world trade centers) and the loss of humanity,dynamic contributors to the content of history leaving a symbolic and realvoid in the world, and as a reflection of my thoughts and reflections on September 11, 2001.

-Empty Sky（虚空)-

真冬の、ニューヨーク・GROUND ZERO に立って冷たく澄んだ青空を見上げた時に心に浮かんだ言葉が「empty」でした。昨年の9.11thの事件は単に政治的な事件に留まらず、今日の文化、文明そのものであったのですが,この場で生じた「empty」という感覚は、今回の事件に端を発しているものの、事件が一つで帰結していないのと同様に私にとって今日の恒常的な感覚であることを、強く思い起こさせました。

非アメリカ人であり同時に非イスラムでもある私の中での9.11thに対する思念を絵画という形態によって作品化するのと同時に 現代の-Empty(虚空)-という感覚・実感を制作のテーマとしました。 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Jan. 2002