Hiroyuki Hamada

Hiroyuki’s latest work, #56 will be presented at SCOPE Miami.

Hiroyuki got the idea for #56 a long while ago.  It must have been a little after the year 2000 or so.  The image kept coming up in his sketch books repeatedly but he didn’t start working on it till 2005.  Initially, he imagined it to be a simple, but confrontational piece with a clean, sort of lofty presence like that of #37.

Hiroyuki Hamada:

“For the past few years, I’ve been really craving to see a bit more emotional, rough, and dynamic dimension in the work.  And here, I’m not talking about the basic nature of the work that determines what the essence of it is, but I’m talking more about the window of how the work can be: Sort of like playing the same song differently perhaps.  It must be that there is some sort of expressionistic streak in me and perhaps that’s guiding the work to go that way right now.

I keep finding out that being 42 years old with a wife and two small boys (well two dogs too) is nothing I have expected.  Actually, 10 years ago, I had no idea that this would be the picture I would be in.  I just wanted to be with then-my-girl-friend-now-my-wife and I simply followed her to live with her.  I bet my wife knew though… Anyway, it’s amazing to see life through kids’ eyes, keeping up with their energy, trying to be patient in a group setting, and just trying to balance the time I spend in the house and in the studio.  It’s very, very challenging, exciting, and I should say that it’s a life on the edge! I thought growing up as a teenager was tough but growing up as a parent and husband, I mean just as a man can be a time with lots of dramas and turmoils.

So getting back to talking about #56, I wanted the piece to go through a bit more, like I’ve been going through.  I think I am very comfortable with how it looks now.  And I hope you enjoy it too.”