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There is an activity called “Kids Guernica”.
“Kids Guernica” is an international art project in which children draw on a screen the size of Picasso’sGuernica” (3.5m x 7.8m) with the theme of peace. It began 20 years ago with an exchange of mural paintings between Japanese and American children. Today, more than 250 murals from 50 countries have been painted, and exchanges are being promoted.
In 2007, I participated in an event related to the Peace Mural Exhibition sponsored by the International Committee of Kids Guernica on Chios Island, Greece.
As part of the event, I watched children working together to paint on a large canvas. Suddenly, I looked under the shade of a nearby tree and saw a small child drawing something on a piece of white paper. When you look at it, it’s a person. It’s a very charming picture, colorful and bright. As you get closer, the details become clearer. The earth is symbolically drawn on the chest of the person depicted, and the word Peace is written below it. Furthermore, a yacht is drawn on the abdomen below. There was a small flag on the yacht with a Japanese flag on it. The children’s welcome of exchange with Japan and their desire for peace were clearly conveyed to us. I quickly took notes and captured them on camera.
After that, I had the opportunity to see many drawings by Greek children. The tendencies are clearly different from those of Japanese children. It’s colorful, bright and clear. Also, the scenery you see is different, the climate is crisper, and the shade is clearer. Even though the flowers are the same as those seen in Japan, their color saturation is different and more vivid. I felt that the climate fostered children’s sensibilities.
One of the early masterpieces of the Romantic painter Delacroix is a work called “The Massacre of Chios” (1824). The Greek island of Chios was attacked by Turkish troops and its people were massacred. It was painted by a young Delacroix who learned about it through hearsay. The world is in stark contrast to the doodle-like figures drawn by children.
The print “There is an activity called “Kids Guernica”.
“Kids Guernica” is an international art project in which children draw on a screen the size of Picasso’sGuernica” (3.5m x 7.8m) with the theme of peace. It began 20 years ago with an exchange of mural paintings between Japanese and American children. Today, more than 250 murals from 50 countries have been painted, and exchanges are being promoted.
In 2007, I participated in an event related to the Peace Mural Exhibition sponsored by the International Committee of Kids Guernica on Chios Island, Greece.
As part of the event, I watched children working together to paint on a large canvas. Suddenly, I looked under the shade of a nearby tree and saw a small child drawing something on a piece of white paper. When you look at it, it’s a person. It’s a very charming picture, colorful and bright. As you get closer, the details become clearer. The earth is symbolically drawn on the chest of the person depicted, and the word Peace is written below it. Furthermore, a yacht is drawn on the abdomen below. There was a small flag on the yacht with a Japanese flag on it. The children’s welcome of exchange with Japan and their desire for peace were clearly conveyed to us. I quickly took notes and captured them on camera.
After that, I had the opportunity to see many drawings by Greek children. The tendencies are clearly different from those of Japanese children. It’s colorful, bright and clear. Also, the scenery you see is different, the climate is crisper, and the shade is clearer. Even though the flowers are the same as those seen in Japan, their color saturation is different and more vivid. I felt that the climate fostered children’s sensibilities.
One of the early masterpieces of the Romantic painter Delacroix is a work called “The Massacre of Chios” (1824). The Greek island of Chios was attacked by Turkish troops and its people were massacred. It was painted by a young Delacroix who learned about it through hearsay. The world is in stark contrast to the doodle-like figures drawn by children.
The print “ＫＩＤＳ′” was inspired by children’s drawings and was reconstructed by incorporating thoughts about the activities of Kids Guernica and the climate and history of the island, to create a multi-color woodblock print.