[Exhibition] “Yosuke Takasaki Exhibition Duality theory”
Art
In front of the information counter GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS 2024年11月16日(土) - 12月06日(金)
An exhibition of artist and sculptor Yosuke Takasaki will be held in front of GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS information counter from (Sat) 2024 to (Fri), December 6, 2024. Please come and see it.
Below is a text from the artist about this exhibition.
Below is a text from the artist about this exhibition.
[From the artist: About this exhibition]
Up until now, I have frequently incorporated pairs of objects into my work.
The reason for this is that it makes it easier to emphasize the sense of space that a three-dimensional work exudes, and because I want the viewer to imagine a story in the "space" between the two realities.
For example, dual works such as Tawaraya Sotatsu's Wind God and Thunder God Screen and the Kongorikishi statues at the gates of temples and shrines contain an invisible "space" within them. "Space" plays a role in connecting polar dualities such as beginning and end, front and back, life and death, stillness and movement, and we can imagine our own stories in that space by using the elements of "beginning" and "end" expressed in form as clues. What lies behind things and what lies between things cannot be seen at first glance, but I believe that the ability to imagine what cannot be seen is, and will continue to be, essential.
In the past and now, the world continues to be divided by each person's sense of justice and their own opinions. Peace, freedom, equality, justice, and other things that many people desire but find difficult to obtain can surely be realized in the "space between." Seeing things from a different perspective than your own, trying the opposite approach, may give birth to a new story that did not exist before. Even if it seems like an illusion, I believe that continuing to weave stories through art will bring about some kind of change in the future.
Up until now, I have frequently incorporated pairs of objects into my work.
The reason for this is that it makes it easier to emphasize the sense of space that a three-dimensional work exudes, and because I want the viewer to imagine a story in the "space" between the two realities.
For example, dual works such as Tawaraya Sotatsu's Wind God and Thunder God Screen and the Kongorikishi statues at the gates of temples and shrines contain an invisible "space" within them. "Space" plays a role in connecting polar dualities such as beginning and end, front and back, life and death, stillness and movement, and we can imagine our own stories in that space by using the elements of "beginning" and "end" expressed in form as clues. What lies behind things and what lies between things cannot be seen at first glance, but I believe that the ability to imagine what cannot be seen is, and will continue to be, essential.
In the past and now, the world continues to be divided by each person's sense of justice and their own opinions. Peace, freedom, equality, justice, and other things that many people desire but find difficult to obtain can surely be realized in the "space between." Seeing things from a different perspective than your own, trying the opposite approach, may give birth to a new story that did not exist before. Even if it seems like an illusion, I believe that continuing to weave stories through art will bring about some kind of change in the future.
Yosuke Takasaki
「Duality theory -帝釈天-」
[Artist Profile]
Yosuke Takasaki
Yosuke Takasaki
- 1987
- Born in Osaka Prefecture
- 2012
- Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Department of Fine Arts, Sculpture major
■ Solo Exhibition
- 2021
- Yosuke Takasaki Exhibition "Glossy shape"/Taigado (Kyoto)
- 2018
- Yosuke Takasaki Exhibition "The Lineage of Hybrida" / Gallery Nakai (Kyoto)
- 2016
- Yosuke Takasaki Exhibition "Empathy" / Gallery Nakai (Kyoto)
- 2015
- "SCULPTURES: The continuation of a dream that no one sees anymore" / Gallery Nakai (Kyoto)
- 2014
- "FACTOR3 Factor Cube"/Gallery Nakai (Kyoto)
■Group Exhibition
- 2021
- 8th Sculpture Competition Selected Works Exhibition / Japan Art Center (Kobe)
- 2020
- 日本テレビ”明石家画廊”/ 聖徳記念絵画館(東京)
日本テレビ”明石家画廊”/ CARATO71代官山(東京) - 2019
- Taiwan International Woodcarving Competition 2019”/Sanyi Woodcarving Museum (Taiwan)
7th Sculpture Competition Selected Works Exhibition / Japan Art Center (Kobe) - "Kyoto Art for Tomorrow" Kyoto Prefecture New Artist Selection Exhibition 2019/Kyoto Museum (Kyoto)
- 2018
- "Multiple-numbered Sculptors Exhibition vol.2" / Taigado (Kyoto)
- 2017
- Taiwan International Woodcarving Competition 2017”/Sanyi Woodcarving Museum (Taiwan)
- 2016
- Tokyo Wonder Wall 2016 Selected Works Exhibition” / TWS Shibuya (Tokyo)
"Rinpa 400th Anniversary Selection of New Artists" / Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto) ... and more
■Art Fair
- 2024
- ART FAIR TOKYO 2024 / Tokyo International Forum
- 2023
- ART TAIPEI 2023 / Taipei WTC
art KYOTO 2023 / Nijo Castle
ART Taichung 2023 / The Lin Hotel Taichung
ART FAIR TOKYO 2023 / Tokyo International Forum - 2022
- ART TAIPEI 2022 / Taipei WTC
- 2021
- Art Collaboration Kyoto 2021 / Kyoto International Conference Center
■Selected Winners
- 2019
- Selected for the "Kyoto Art for Tomorrow" New Artist Selection Exhibition 2019 (2018, 2016)
- 2017
- Selected for the “Taiwan International Woodcarving Competition 2017” (2016, 2014, 2012)
- 2016
- "Tokyo Wonder Wall 2016" 3D video installation category winner
■Awards and Grants
- 2024
- Japan Art Association Scholarship (Japan Art Association, 2022, 2023)
- 2021
- 8th Sculpture Competition Excellence Award
- 2019
- 7th Sculpture Competition, Excellence Award (work purchased)
- 2011
- The 32nd International Takifuji Art Award (Japan Traffic Culture Association)
■Collection
- 2019
- Japan Art Center / (Kobe)
■ Media
- 2023
- BS Fuji "Breakthrough Eve - The Next Generation of Artists"
- 2022
- Nippon Television "THE ART HOUSE - Can that art be preserved for 100 years?"
- 2020
- Nippon Television "Nobody Knows Akashiya Sanma Part 6"
Nippon Television "Akashiya Sanma's Career Change: The 9th Edition"
[Sales Information]
The works will be on sale at GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS from (Sat) 2024.
*Depending on the pre-sales situation, sales of artworks may end before the start of the exhibition period.
The works will be on sale at GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS from (Sat) 2024.
*Depending on the pre-sales situation, sales of artworks may end before the start of the exhibition period.
- Dates (Sat) November 16, 2024 -(Fri) December 6, 2024 *End date is subject to change.
- time Please check our website.
- place In front of the information counter GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS
- Organizer GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS
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