Hiding the iris deep inside
The White Temple
A passage to the inner world.

"Anselm's Gate 3" is a sculpture that incorporates Hesse's "Märchen" as part of the work. The Shincho Bunko edition, which is well known for its Ten Uncut, is stored perfectly without deviation. As companions with the same common action such as "opening" and "closing","Boxes" and "Books"For Koizumi Aya, who has been focusing onThis is an unusual work.

Rather than creating a special edition or treasured book of a single book, Koizumi creates the "outer" and "surrounding" parts of the book, which is the true essence of a sculptor. Koizumi himself likes the roughness of the flesh tones of paperbacks, and the contrast between the white tones and outlines that cover the whole book is striking. As well as «Anselm's Gate 2», Hesse's short story «The Iris» (Based on the motif of "Märchen" (included in "Märchen"),These are works with different styles.

The white structure is reminiscent of a temple. It stands tall among the rock walls, and is both divine and reminiscent of a passageway to an inner world.from the frontAs I gazed, I gradually felt myself shrink, and one day I found myself completely immersed in the fantasy of looking up at the temple from below.

Here is one sentence from the work that Koizumi says made the biggest impression on him:

Every phenomenon of the world is a metaphor, and every metaphor is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the interior of the world, where thou and I, day and night are all one.

--"Iris" 1973 (Hermann Hesse,Translated by Kenji Takahashi)

When I opened the paperback "Märchen" that came with the work, I noticed that the chapter containing the short story "Iris" had its spine dyed in iris pink. As I read, I felt a mysterious magic that seemed to draw me into the other side of the story, into the depths of my spine.

Text by Kenya Nakazawa (FRAGILE BOOKS)

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