Yesterday, ダン蔵 and I went to Susan Inglett Galleryto see a show by Robert Kobayashi. He passed away a few years ago. He used to run a gallery near our apartment. His gallery name was Moe’s Meat Market. Because he bought a building of Moe’s Meat Market. He never changed the interior. He used as a gallery the meat shop as it is. Therefore, he left the name as it is too.
His gallery showed his work. Once a little while the gallery changed the works. I love his works and I enjoyed the shows very much. The gallery was run by his wife. I met Robert a few times. He was very quiet but always had a quiet smile.
This exhibition would not be possible without the cooperation of the widow and their daughter.
この展覧会は、未亡人と彼らの娘さんの協力無しには実現しませんでした。
I know another widow. Her husband was a super famous artist. But he left it his will that he baned to hold his exhibition for ten years after his death. So, she said, she was saved because she doesn’t have to do anything. She also said that she also can die after ten years.”
I can’t be ダン蔵’s artistic assistant as I am incompetent. 無能な私はダン蔵の芸術のアシスタントにはなれません。
I can do only my art. Sorry, ダン蔵!
私は自分の作品しか出来ない。ごめんよ、ダン蔵!
Kuroneko Pooh gave me a message for my note of September 23.
黒猫ぷうさんが、9月23日のノートにメッセージをくれた。
She said my moving to UK and US are a priesthood ( lol ).
あなたの渡英や渡米は出家ですよ(笑)。
In a sense, that may be true. ある意味、それは本当かもしれません。
I may have come to a temple named ダン蔵.
私はダン蔵という名の寺にきたのかもしれません。
I can’t be his assistant to his art, but I will do my best to ダン蔵. I can not leave him alone. He has many chronic illnesses. I will not go anywhere without him. So, this time of my life, I may never see my parents in-person again. It may sound heartless, but I chose ダン蔵. It is helpless. But, I’m sorry.
I thought I had read it before, a long time ago. But, I don’t think so. I didn’t read it entirely.
ずっと前に読んだと思ってた。でも、そうじゃないみたい。全部は読んでなかった。
When I was a high school student, my literature teacher gave me a Japanese language handbook and said it seems her I like literature. Maybe I read it from the book. Anyway, I knew it.
When I was a kid and started learning kanji, when I started with “A line” and entered “Sa line”, I heard the news of John Lennon‘s murder and the news of Jakucho Setouchi‘s priesthood on TV news in the morning. Shortly after I heard that my grandfather’s death and I knew the meaning of death.
Jakucho Setouchi was a turbulent love lover, so her priesthood was a piece of tumultuous news on TV. As a child, I didn’t know about romance, but I thought her priesthood is beautiful.
Today, ダン蔵 received an announcement of my favorite artist Raymond Pettibon‘s new show at Regen Projects in LA. Finally, museums and galleries are open again and have started to receive announcements again from many art institutes. In New York, most of the galleries are open only by appointment, though.