Hiraku Suzuki 鈴木ヒラク

GENZO #01　2014

silver spray paint on paper, h770 x w550mm

GENZO #02　2014

silver spray paint on paper, h770 x w550mm

GENZO #03　2014

silver spray paint on paper, h770 x w550mm

GENZO #04　2014

silver spray paint on paper, h770 x w550mm

GENZO #05　2014

silver spray paint on paper, h770 x w550mm

GENZO #06　2014

silver spray paint on paper, h770 x w550mm

GENZO　2015

installation view at TRAITS d'esprit, Galerie du Jour Agnes b. (Paris), 2015, photo courtesy: Galerie du Jour Agnes b.

GENZO (photo)　2014-2015

C-Type prints, each w127 × h178mm, installation view at Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (Aomori, Japan), 2015, photo by Kuniya Oyamada

GENZO (photo)　2014-2015

C-Type prints, each w127 × h178mm, installation view at Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (Aomori, Japan), 2015, photo by Kuniya Oyamada

“GENZO” (2014-) is a series that began with the artist taking black paper and silver spray into a completely dark tunnel, and making an instantaneous drawing in circumstances where he was unable to see anything at all. This approach brings to mind the negative hand paintings made in the darkness of a cave, and also resembles the process of developing photographic negatives in a darkroom. The title comes from the Japanese term for photographic development (GENZO), but could also mean ‘phantom,’or ‘original statue’—terms which in Japanese have the same pronunciation but would be written with different characters.