Art gallery ART FOR THOUGHT will hold Makoto Yoshiura's solo exhibition "The Pointing Finger of the Mouth, the Gaze Beyond" from Friday, January 10th to Saturday, January 18th, 2025.
The pointing finger and the gaze
■ Exhibition details Exhibition name: "Pointing at the tip of the mouth, the tip of the gaze" Makoto Yoshiura solo exhibition Period: Friday, January 10, 2025 to Saturday, January 18, 2025
*An opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 11th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm with the artist present.
(There will be an artist talk in the first 30 minutes)
We look forward to seeing you all.
Opening hours: 11:00-19:00 (until 17:00 on Saturdays)
Closed: Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays Venue: ART FOR THOUGHT
Exhibit details: https://artforthought.jp/blogs/upcoming-exhibitions/%E5%90%89%E6%B5%A6%E7%9C%9E%E7%90%B4-%E5%8 F%A3%E5%85%88%E3%81%AE%E6%8C%87%E5%B7%AE%E3%81%97%E7%9C%BC%E5%B7%AE%E3%81%97%E3%81%AE%E5%85%88
■Exhibition Contents
ART FOR THOUGHT will be holding Makoto Yoshiura's solo exhibition "Pointing at the Mouth, Pointing at the Gaze." Yoshiura creates prints that exude narrative, using soft contours created with drypoint and fantastical colors and motifs. This will be her first solo exhibition in Tokyo, having been active in the Kansai region.
(Curation: Keiichiro Tao)
■Artist StatementI approach transparent entities through the technique of drypoint copperplate printmaking.
Their existence is forgotten, ignored, and invisible somewhere, existing silently, but I cannot help but find some kind of meaning in such things.
I simply excavate traces of them using drypoint copperplate prints. The things are certainly there, but no one touches them. They are ignored, hidden from view, and their existence fades away. In response, I simply face them in silence. No matter how meaningless and wasteful it may seem, I find myself wanting to listen to their voices, no matter how hard I try.
Things don't speak, and that is why I entrust something to them. As if to convey inarticulate feelings through the palm of my hand, I give flesh to their existence with the sharp lines of my drypoint. Sometimes, that wordless silence pierces the heart more strongly than words. I want to touch, even just a little, the figure that simply exists, without saying a word.
My work is made up of an accumulation of such unconscious thoughts. Even if no one understands them, I listen to their silent cries and inscribe them on the plate.
Mirror of the Continent
Makoto Yoshiura
<Brief biography>
Born in Kanagawa in 1994
2017 Graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Crafts, Oil Painting/Printmaking course
2017-18 Exchange program at ENSAD (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs) in France
2019: Graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in printmaking
<Major solo and group exhibitions>
2019 Solo Exhibition "Desert Flood" (Shibatacho Gallery, Osaka)
2021 Solo Exhibition "Shichihiki Demo Hachi" (Gallery Keifu, Kyoto)
"Tadayoshi Nakabayashi – The Lineage and Development of Printmaking" (Gallery Keifu, Kyoto)
"Kubo Chisa and Yoshiura Makoto Copperplate Printing Exhibition" (Shibatacho Gallery, Osaka)
2023 Solo Exhibition "Catching Lightning" (Shibatacho Gallery, Osaka)
"Infinitely expanding printmaking expression" (Shibatacho Gallery, Osaka)
2024 Solo Exhibition "Signs of Coincidence" (Kyoto/Horikawa Shinbunka Building NEUTRAL)
"Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2024 – Kyoto Prefecture New Artists Selection Exhibition" (Kyoto/Kyoto Museum)
"ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2024" (Kyoto/Kyoto National Museum Meiji Kotokan)
"Art Rhizome KYOTO 2024" (Kyoto/Institut Franco-Japanese in Kansai)
＜Awards＞
2018 43rd National University Print Exhibition, Machida City Museum of Prints Collection Award
2019 2018 Kyoto City University of Arts Exhibition Graduate School Mayor's Award
2022 20th Minamishimabara City Seminaryo Contemporary Print Exhibition Grand Prize
2023 Idemitsu Art Award 2023 Miyuki Takenaka Jury Prize
<Public Collection>
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Museum, Minamishimabara City Art Village Shirakino
■ART FOR THOUGHT
Location: 1F, Wako Ginza 8-chome Building, 8-10-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Access: 6 minutes walk from Ginza Station (Ginza Line, Hibiya Line) A3 exit,
6 minutes walk from Shinbashi Station, Ginza Line, Exit 1,
6 minutes walk from Higashi-Ginza Station, Hibiya Line, Toei Asakusa Line, A1 exit
TEL/FAX: 03-6228-5922
URL: https://artforthought.jp
E-mail: info@artforthought.jp
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<Past related articles>
Kensuke Miyazaki's "Floating People" exhibition held at the gallery "ART FOR THOUGHT" in Ginza, Tokyo
Kai Ono's "FELT SENSE" exhibition will be held at the gallery "ART FOR THOUGHT" in Ginza, Tokyo.
