deTaka

Painter

deTaka / Hidetaka Tabata

deTaka was just a dentist.Until the death of David Bowie,he went to many people's funerals and felt that people died and returned to nothing.However,three days before David Bowie's death,he saw that Bowie had a big smile on his face,and deTaka realized - by how we express ourselves,we can leave something behind,like a fond lingering scent.

How deTaka expresses himself in his art is that the brush and the paint move freely,yet as if planned from a previous life that the colors should be so placed.Although chance is natural,he feels that his painting in the moment seems to have been decided,from something left from before.

deTaka is Japanese,and just as Japan has the ancient,traditional Japan of Kyoto,and the modern,Western-influenced Japan of Tokyo,likewise his paintings are divided into two series: those possessed of the traditional Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic,and those of Western glamorous pop.
私はただの歯科医師だった。David Bowieの死までは。色んな人の葬儀に行き、人は死んで無に帰ると感じていた。しかし、David Bowieの死の3日前の満面の笑みを見て悟った。人は表現することで、死んだ後も残り香を残すことが出来る。
私の表現は、絵の具と筆が勝手に動く、まるで、その色がそこに配置されるのが前世から予定されていたかのように。
偶然は自然、しかし、決まっていたかのようだ。
は日本人、日本は京都の【東洋】と、東京の大都会【西洋】を併せ持っている。私の絵も、東洋の侘び寂びと、西洋の華やかさポップさの2つのシリーズがある。

Past Exhibitions

-JCAT New York Solo Exhibition in October 2021
-JCAT New York Solo Exhibition in June 2020