haf coffee stopでは、この度上野英里の個展「You’re good ― 君は良いよ」を開催します。愛知を拠点に活動する上野英里は、舞台や映画、社会的なインシデントの一幕をモチーフに、溶けるような境界・輪郭と重厚な色彩で人物をキャンバスに描き出すアーティストです。
描かれる人物は時に華やかでありながらも匿名的で、舞台というある種完璧に作られた世界が意図せず炙り出す人間の代替性や脆さ、不確かさがそこにあります。
2024.
07.20(Sat)-08.10(Sat)
OPEN：8:00-17:00
※土曜・祝日は9:00-18:00
CLOSE：日・月
◼︎作家ステートメント
演劇やミュージカルのyoutube動画の映像から着想を得ている。薄い絵の具の層を重ねることで、朦朧と人間の存在を浮かび上がらせるように描く。簡単に消え失せそうな人間の存在を表現すること。例えばバックダンサーを描くことが多い。彼らは同じ振り付けで動き、同じ黄色い衣装を着て、何人の「彼ら」がいるか映像からはわからない。個人の名前さえ消えたその時、美しさを感じる。映像に映る触ることのできないその存在を描こうとしている。
■作家プロフィール
上野英里 ERI UENO
1990年愛知県生まれ。
動画サイトなどで見た演劇やミュージカルなどの舞台の一幕から作品づくりを行う。スポットライトの下で人間が光と影のなかに溶けていくさまや、存在の不確かさをとらえ、表現している。
2019年、平成30年度中川運河助成ARToC10トライアル部門助成取得。主な個展に、「Inventing a Humanity」（新宿髙島屋 美術画廊、2022）、「誰が 捧げる 誰に-Who serves Whom?-」（NODA CONTEMPORARY、愛知、2021）、「ひとりじゃない-You're not the one-」（NODA CONTEMPORARY、愛知、2020）、「A Box of You」（中川運河Artoc10、愛知、2019）、主なグループ展に、「diverse paintings」（西武渋谷 美術画廊 、2022）など。「ART OSAKA 2021」（大阪市中央公会堂）、アートフェア東京2021（東京国際フォーラム）にも参加。
At haf coffee stop, we are pleased to announce the solo exhibition "You’re good ― 君は良いよ" by Eri Ueno. Ueno depicts figures on canvas with melting boundaries and distinct contours, using rich colors. Her work is inspired by scenes from stage, film, and social incidents. The depicted characters, sometimes glamorous yet anonymous, reveal the human vulnerability and uncertainty unintentionally brought forth by the meticulously constructed world of stage.
2024.
07.20(Sat)-08.10(Sat)
Opening hours
8:00 - 17:00 (weekdays)
9:00 - 18:00 (holidays)
■STATEMENT
My painting inspiration comes from video clips of theatre and musicals on YouTube. My practice involves building up layers of pigment to form the fragile existence of the human being.I am committed to depicting the humanity that can easily disappear.
I often paint backup dancers dancing behind a subject.They’re dancing in unison, in identical, shiny yellow outfits. You can’t tell how many people are dancing; their names escape the moment, symbolising beauty in its purest form. I intend to capture those intangible figures on a display.
With our eyes, we can distinctly identify human beings from one another, perceiving the individuality of a group. These lines, this separation of the individual, I like to separate. I do this by nullifying the existence of boundaries between people in my artwork. In reality, we don't draw real lines between people as a society. Because of that, I would like to reduce a collective to a set of brush strokes.
Human figures and backgrounds intertwine in one space. If you create distance with my artwork, you will see people. However, if you close that distance, you will recognise the brush strokes in isolation.
■PROFILE
Eri Ueno is a contemporary painter. Her work focuses on exploring the boundaries of humanity that can easily disappear. She holds a BA from Nagoya University of Arts. In 2019, at the beginning of her artistic career, she practiced installation, film, photography, and interviewing people who have been marginalised in Japan, such as immigrants. She was awarded a 2019 Nakagawa Canal Artist Fellowship. As the project grew, she felt an immense sense of guilt for exploiting the stories of marginalised people in the name of art. These experiences have been key for her in approaching other artistic mediums, mainly oil painting.
Ueno's paintings have been regularly exhibited in Tokyo and Nagoya.
■SHOP INFORMATION
Opening hours
8:00 - 17:00 (weekdays)
9:00 - 18:00 (holidays)
Phone Number
070-5667-1241
Email Address
info@haf-coffee-stop.com
Location
2-12 Kamihonmachi,
Kagoshima-shi,
Kagoshima-ken,
892-0818
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