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    Hiroyuki Matsuura Super Acrylic Skin- Trigonal Clone

    2015/9/12–10/17

    -Opening Reception 

    2015.9.12（sat）16:00-18:00
    
at Tokyo Gallery+BTAP | Tokyo

    Tokyo Gallery + BTAP is pleased to present Super Acrylic Skin – Trigonal Clone, Hiroyuki Matsuura’s first solo exhibition at Tokyo Gallery+BTAP in five years.

    Born in 1964, Matsuura Hiroyuki began working as a graphic designer for a design firm in 1984, and since 1999 has made Japan’s cartoon character culture a theme of his artistic expression. Matsuura launched his career as an independent artist with his 2005 solo exhibition at Tokyo Gallery, Super Acrylic Skin, and has been active since that time both within Japan and overseas, working in an increasingly broad range of media including painting, sculpture, and prints.

    In last year’s touring exhibition, which was shown at Takashimaya’s Nihombashi, Shinjuku and Osaka stores, Matsuura unveiled Fuji and Raijin Summon the King Dragon (2014), an oversized work of almost 4 metres across. That work, a homage to Tawaraya Sotstatsu’s Fujin Raijin Zu, made references to the culture of decoration and movement found in planform Japanese art. By contrast, the works in Super Acrylic Skin – Trigonal Clone are characterized by stark but tranquil images based on platinum and gold leaf. While these paintings use relatively subdued colours, Matsuura’s trademark fine composition is very much alive and well. These are very powerful paintings, composed of bold panels of colour and somewhat reminiscent of ukiyo-e

    Trigonal Clone is the title of a new 390-cm wide work painted for this exhibition. This work, which depicts three female characters, can be said to represent a venture into a new style by Matsuura because of its passive positioning of motifs.

    WORKS

    Title
    Moonlight Gravity
    Year
    2015
    Size
    117 x 117 cm
    Material
    Acrylic, platinum foil, leather, metal, canvas
    Title
    Mask
    Year
    2015
    Size
    91 x 117 cm
    Material
    Acrylic, platinum foil, leather, metal, canvas
    Title
    Meteor Over Drive
    Year
    2015
    Size
    130 x 195 cm
    Material
    Acrylic, platinum foil and gold foil on canvas
    Title
    Memory of Thorns
    Year
    2015
    Size
    91 x 73 cm
    Material
    Acrylic on canvas
    Title
    The Nornir -Trigonal Clone
    Year
    2015
    Size
    195 x 130 cm
    Material
    Acrylic and platinum foil on canvas
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    Hiroyuki Matsuura

    Hiroyuki Matsuura was born in Tokyo in 1964. It was SUPER ACRYLIC SKIN, an exhibition of Matsuura’s works at Tokyo Gallery in 2005, that marked his transition from designer to artist. Matsuura has gone onto lead an active career both in Japan and overseas, and broadened his repertoire to include the media of painting, sculpture, and print. In 2017, Uki-uki (2012), a 4-metre high work by the artist, was exhibited at Cool Japan: World Fascination in Focus, an exhibition hosted by Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden and Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, and served as the main image used to advertise the exhibition. World Fascination in Focus subsequently travelled to Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp, where it was well received.

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