上田尚宏個展「 それ は これ、」

9.10 Sun – 9.19 Tue 2023

DESCRIPTION

この度 WATOWA GALLERY は、作家上田尚宏による個展
「 それ は これ、」
を、elephant STUDIOにて2023年9月10日（日）から9月19日（火）まで開催いたします。

【会期】9/10(日) – 9/19(火)　*Reception Party 9/9(土) 12:00 ~ 21:00

【VENUE】elephant STUDIO (Shibuya)

【定休日】9/13(水) – 9/14(木)

【営業時間】12:00 ~ 19:00

STATEMENT

Takahiro Ueda studied under Noboru Takayama at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts. After completing his graduate studies, he moved to Germany in 2011.

The artist has been greatly influenced by Mono-ha of Japan and the modern and post-modern minimalism of Germany.

Through his considerations of time, space, and physical environmental changes, he brings forward the issues of society today, and practices cross-disciplinary creations.

At this event, as the first solo exhibition since his return to Japan in 2019, visitors will be able to see some parts of his recent works which are a condensed presentation of his past creations in Japan and Europe.

This exhibition “Is this It ?” articulates the essential self-denial of materials themselves or the antithesis that proves the interactions of materials with the environment as a medium. In other words, the fluid relationship between “humans and materials” depending on the interactions of the observer and the surrounding environment, conversely, exposes the self-denial of each individual. From such a perspective, we can also inquire whether “Is this It” can become “It is This”.

Ueda’s creations merge Mono-ha with minimalism to bring forth a novel expression while maintaining consistency. According to the artist, the substantial pursuit of materials can be said to be, in a way, an expression to portray the marginal relationship between the material and its environment.

Today, given the growth of nonmaterial space caused by computerization, the question of how to capture micro- to macro- materials remains yet unsolved. At this exhibition, the modern alchemist Takahiro Ueda will let you through a magic door to a new relationship connecting the materials and the environment.

Artist

TAKAHIRO UEDA