ASAI Yusuke, “To the Forest of All Living Things” 2023
soil collected in Yokohama and other locations in Japan, acrylic resin, charcoal, red iron oxide, nine panels
325 x 390 cm (dimensions vary depending on arrangement)
Collection of the Yokohama Museum of Art (Purchased with a donation from The Yokohama Shinkin Bank in commemoration of its 100th anniversary)
Photo: SAKAMOTO Osamu
Free Display of the New Acquisition of Yokohama Museum of Art
ASAI Yusuke, "To the Forest of All Living Things"
Overview
Yokohama Museum of Art is pleased to present a major new work by a contemporary artist Asai Yusuke, “To the Forest of All Living Things.” This free display runs for only three days in Gallery 5, and coincides with “Tokyo Gendai,” an international contemporary art fair now in its second year at PACIFICO Yokohama..
Commissioned by the City of Yokohama, “To the Forest of All Living Things” has recently been added to the collection of the Yokohama Museum of Art. The commission was funded by a donation to The Yokohama Cultural Fund made by The Yokohama Shinkin Bank in 2023 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of its founding. We invite you to experience this unique work, the creation of which brought together many people and places, and involved the use of soil collected mainly in Yokohama and elsewhere in Japan.
*Note: All other galleries except Gallery 5 are closed during this free display.
Outline
- Title
- Free Display of the New Acquisition of Yokohama Museum of Art:
ASAI Yusuke, "To the Forest of All Living Things"
- Dates
- July 5 - July 7, 2024
- Hours
- 12:00 - 17:00 (Admission until 30 minutes before closing time)
- Venue
- Yokohama Museum of Art, Gallery 5
- Organized by
- The City of Yokohama, Yokohama Museum of Art
* Please note that these hours are different from the regular opening hours of the Yokohama Museum of Art.
* Please note that the Museum will be closed except for Gallery 5 , and only this free display can be viewed during this period.
Tickets
- Admission Fee
- Free of charge
Biography
ASAI Yusuke
Born in Tokyo, 1981.
Asai continues with his unrestrained creation of art in all sorts of places, using everyday materials such as soil, water, dust, flour, tape, and pens.
His main solo exhibitions include “Yusuke Asai: Stardust Kids” (KANAZ FOREST of CREATION ART MUSEUM, 2024), “Yusuke Asai: Seeds of Imagination, Journeys of Soil” (The Hakone Open-Air Museum, 2015-2016) and “yamatane” (Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, 2014). Other major exhibitions and projects in which he participated in recent years were “Garden of Life” (Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2020-2021), “Reborn-Art Festival 2019” (Ishinomaki), “Meet the Collection – 30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art” (Yokohama, 2019).
He won the Culture and Arts Encouragement Award of the Yokohama Cultural Awards in 2019.
