Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Series
C-print , acrylic mounted 65.7 x 99.6 cm (1 piece) ※ a set of 2 pieces　Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Series 　C-print, acrylic mounted 46.5 x 69.0 cm　

Yusuke Shimura “Sightseeing”

February 22 (Fri) - March 16 (Sat) 2013　
Venue： Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku

Opening Reception： February 22 (Fri), 2013 18:00－20:00

When Yusuke Shimura was very young, he was influenced with the famous phrase, “the Earth was blue.”, by Yuri Gagarin, the first space astronaut. He was very interested in how the earth would look to people when they are outside in the space. This experience prompted the artist’s ambition to see the earth from the multiple angles and he has been producing his works based on this idea.

Shimura’s photo works, “Magictime”, “WITCH”, and “Human Museum” catch the world at a certain distance. His drawing work approaches cutting-edge dreams and hopes in the world by using conceptual characters, “Fuwari”. He also created interactive works, “DREAMING　DREAMING” and “OPEN　DREAM”. He creates, in those works, the world which describes the possibility of dreams one can have multilaterally and begs the question “what is a dream of human beings”

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Exhibition View / Yumiko Chiba Associates viewingroom shinjuku 　　

　

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Series　C-print, acrylic mounted 27.3 x 41.3 cm / 119.5 x 179.5 cm 　

In this coming exhibition, Shimura’s updated photoworks, the “Sightseeing” series, will be presented.
In this series, realistic elements such as buildings in front of you, time, people are dissected into segments and another world is instantly created. This work reflects Shimura’s nature. Viewers will turn into sightseers who travel around the earth using the viewpoints shown in his works. Sightseers who are shooting commemorative photos at the Times Square, the scene of baseball games on the monitor, and people who start walking at the crossing at the same time. Shimura focuses on all of those objects and presents various places to generate different stories. The effect is to leads us to stand in front of his works as a form of space travel.

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Series
C-print, acrylic mounted 46.5 x 69.0 cm / 46.5 x 69.0 cm　

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Exhibition View

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Series 　C-print, acrylic mounted 27.3 x 41.3 cm　

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Exhibition View / Yumiko Chiba Associates viewingroom shinjuku 　

Shimura’s works tell us in that our world generates surprises and stories at all times. He shows the idea by switching viewpoints from one direction to multiple angles. In this exhibition, his new creations from Germany will be also presented, in which the world is regarded from a perspective point with many radiating lines.

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Exhibition View 　　

Yusuke Shimura " Sightseeing " Series
C-print, acrylic mounted 15.8 x 24.0 cm / 15.8 x 24.0 cm / 15.8 x 24.0 cm / 15.8 x 24.0 cm / 15.8 x 24.0 cm / 15.8 x 24.0 cm 　