10/18［水］― 29［日］
niigata eya exhibition 660
8年ぶりの個展。
ということはその間、仕事場を訪ねなかったことになるけれど、そんな歳月はなかったようにそこには同じ時間と、空気が流れていた。その空気が生き生きしているのは、橘がいつも新しく絵に向き合っているその「今」が、部屋に流れ、躍動しているせいだろう。30号の新作の青が、これまでの鮮やかさに加え、複雑な奥行きと陰影を奏で始めていた。ひとりの女ではなく、もう一人や、子どもや、卓上の光景なども画中に呼び込み、画家の視線もゆるやかな広がりと深みを加えてきたようだ。絵の魅力を、見る高揚を、80歳を越えた画家の新作展で伝えたい。（企画者：大倉宏）
橘 三紀（たちばな みき）
1941年両津市生まれ。69年大橋広治先生の知遇を得、師事。72年光風会展に入選、76年光風会会員に挙げられる。99年光風会退会、現在に至る。個展、グループ展多数。
PHOTO（上）:「夏休み」2023年 油彩/キャンバス 30号
Miki Tachibana’s Exhibition
This is Tachibana’s first solo exhibition at Niigata Eya in eight years. This means that I didn’t visit Tachibana’s studio during that time; but I felt that the time and atmosphere had never changed and flowed in the room, as if no time had passed. What made me feel that way was because the air was lively, and I felt the “contemporariness” of his attitude towards art was always fresh, and its spirit flowed from the paintings and reverberated throughout the room. The blue in the new work (920 x 727 mm) shows a complex interplay of depth and shading, in addition to the vividness present in previous works. The artist seems to have added a gradual breadth and depth to the painting; it reveals not only one woman, but also another one, a child, and a tabletop scene. I would like to convey my delight and exuberance in appreciating the paintings in this exhibition of new works by the artist, who is now over 80 years old. (Exhibition Curator: Hiroshi Okura)
Miki Tachibana
Born in Ryotsu City in 1941, Tachibana studied under the tutelage of Hiroji Ohashi since 1969. He was selected for the Kofukai exhibition in 1972, and was elected a member of the Kofukai in 1976. Resigned from Koufukai in 1999 and has been painting alone ever since. He has had many solo and group exhibitions.
PHOTO:「二人」2023年 油彩/キャンバス 15号
PHOTO:「女」2023年 油彩/キャンバス 6号
PHOTO:「海峡を渡る鳥」2023年 油彩/キャンバス 30号