
Title: Fiction
Year: 2021
Size: 919 × 727 mm
Material: Oil on canvas
By growing wheat, people were freed from the hunting tribe.
And by settling down, they increased their population and dominated the mighty continent.
Are we really in control of time, food, and work?
On the contrary, have we been dominated by wheat?
About 400 years ago, Japanese painters Sotatsu Tawaraya and Korin Ogata painted wind gods, thunder gods and landscapes on folding screens. These paintings made me feel that controlling nature is an arrogant idea. I believe that people today are living in a virtual space. It is not a real contraption. Is it just me, or does it seem like an escape?