Some of you might remember that I reported about an exhibition of Japanese artist Hiroki Tsukuda, last fall. Hiroki Tsukuda is a Tokyo-based artist who creates a range of works, including drawings, paintings and 3D pieces. He is now exhibiting 100 new figure toys for his solo exhibition “4010 NIGHT TIME” at TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS. Here is an interview with the artist who revealed his new works for 4010 NIGHT TIME.

You have been creating a wide variety of 2D/3D works including graphic, drawing, painting, film, fashion, and collage. How did you get involved in the current field of creative work?

I have made different things at different times freely. With various methods, I have been consistent in expressing one worldview with my creation, so I don’t feel I have explored various things. Since I have always been making works keeping the same state of mind, I am here in a very natural way with great opportunities to meet great people who support me continuously.

Could you tell us about your exhibition held at TOKYO CULTURART by BEAMS?

First of all, I wanted to entitle the exhibition informal because the focus of the exhibition is toys. Also, few years ago my friend Kurando Furuya released the book called “2027” which is the book about the world 20 years later from the time. So I decided to work on the world 2000 years later, and temporally entitled the exhibition as “4009″ at the end of 2009. As I worked on the project, the new year started. So I changed the title as “4010 NIGHT TIME”. NIGHT TIME is coming from my memory as I was a kid. I used to like daydreaming since my childhood. And the longest time to daydream was the night time in the bed until falling asleep. So I added NIGHT TIME to the title as well. At the exhibition I will exhibit 100 characters of figure toys which were created through the imaginary world.

The 3D pieces are made by collage. How do you make them?

It’s a collage of figure toys. First, I prepare a bunch of figure toys, disassemble them, and lay out those parts on the table. And I just put them together by imaging a finished character, and a new character will be created.

How did you start to put together those parts of ready-made plastic models?

As a kid, I used to disassemble toys and reassembled them into new ones. It’s just like still doing the same thing as I used to have done at the time. But I believe such early impulse is the most important factor in creating things.

What would you like to express in your 2D and 3D works? Are there any common ideas?

The common thing in my overall work is collage. Through collage you can create something which you never expected, and that’s very fun. After all, I think daydreaming is creating things with fragments of various memories, so to say, a collage of memories. I express my memories like a sense of emptiness felt from the yellow sky in the past, and a vast presence of fresh green in the early summer.

What influenced when you create?

I’m influenced from many things such as music, movies, books, art, conversations, landscapes you see everyday. I can get inspired very easily. That might be why I change method of creation.

What would you like to explore in the future?

People often say my works are architectural. I would like to work on real architecture.

Hiroki Tsukuda Solo Exhibition “4010 NIGHT TIME”
Date: March 25th – April 14th, 2010
Place: TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS

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