Exhibition
in Tokyo / Japan
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- © Yurie Nagashima
Maho Kubota Gallery is proud to present “Garage Sale”, its third exhibition by Yurie Nagashima. Nagashima’s recent practice is not limited to creating artworks, but also include a wide range of other activities, such as “Countermeasures Against Awkward Discourses: From the Perspective of Third Wave Feminism” at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in 2021, for which she engaged in dialogue with participating artists to create the exhibition as a guest curator.
For her solo exhibition “School of Care” (Minatomachi Potluck Building, Nagoya) in 2023, she opened the venue to the public as her artist studio during the exhibition period and hosted performances and events in collaboration with other artists and visitors, further expanding the scope of her artistic practice.
At first glance, her recent practice may seem distant from her earlier works, such as her debut series of family nudes from 1993 or her well-known self-portrait series. However, Nagashima’s gaze is consistently focused on the things she cherishes most in her life – herself, her family, her pets, close friends, daily life, and communication with close others. Adapting her practice to both her personal experiences and societal shifts, she continues to explore these themes through flexible and innovative approaches.
In this exhibition, “Garage Sale”, Nagashima presents new black-and-white prints and sculptures of her beloved cat and dog, alongside reimagined works from her previous series – including about home series, which captures scenes of daily life and household chores, and wild flowers series taken across various locations in the US. These earlier works have been transformed into new pieces through the addition of hand-printed photo collages and pencil drawings by the artist herself.
Nagashima says that she “wanted to work with my hands” for this exhibition. She printed the new black-and-white photographs by hand in a darkroom. Additionally, her wood sculpture of her pet dog, which was previously exhibited as a work in progress in “School of Care” and “Does the Future Sleep Here?” (2024, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo), will be shown in a more advanced form in this exhibition.
Self-portrait, still life, animals, and landscape – these were not only Nagashima’s essential themes, but also the few motifs that women artists in the 18th century were forced to choose due to social constraints.
Yurie Nagashima, born in Tokyo in 1973. In 1993, she got an art prize with her photos with her family and started her career as an artist/photographer. Earned MFA at CalArts, USA, 1999, MA in Sociology at Musashi University, Japan, 2015.
Gallery hours Tue-Sat 12:00 – 19:00
closed Sun, Mon and National Holidays
Exhibition Duration 21.03. – 26.04.2025
Location:
Maho Kubota Gallery
2-4-7 Jingumae Shibuya-ku
150-0001 Tokyo
Japan
