Takahiro Yasuda's exhibition "EMERGING" will be held from July 10th to 30th at the gallery space "ART UP" on the second floor of the Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building.

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Takahiro Yasuda 2019

Born in 1985 in Nagoya, Takahiro Yasuda graduated from the Graphic Design Department of Tama Art University. He joined DRAFT Inc. in 2010 and went independent in 2015. He is currently affiliated with CEKAI (Sekai Co., Ltd.), where he is involved in a variety of creative work, including art direction, graphic design, and digital design. He has worked on Nike advertisements, as well as art direction for NITRO MICROPHONE UNDERGROUND and m-flo, while also expanding his range of activities to include exhibiting his own work both domestically and internationally.

This exhibition, "EMERGING," sublimates the techniques and worldview of his third solo exhibition, "EMERGE," held at VOILLD in Nakameguro in 2017. Works expressing "ambiguity" through moiré patterns created through digital drawing will be on display and for sale.


The following is a statement by Yasuda Takahiro:

The human mind is truly ambiguous.
While "intense" memories, both good and bad, are carefully stored in our brains as records and can be accessed at any time, we forget everything we see or encounter in "ordinary" situations.
When I try to recall, everything comes to mind—not just in low resolution, but with blurry outlines that are intangible. Sometimes, a seemingly insignificant trigger can suddenly remind us of something, but no matter how hard we rack our brains or reach out, we can't intentionally bring it out.
My beloved mentor once wrote something similar.
I think this deep, ocean-like world is called the "unconscious."
However, it is precisely because people have such vague minds that ideals and ideas are born, that assumptions are developed into imagination and practice, all academic fields evolve, and art easily surpasses imagination. Because we hate vagueness, television these days seeks reproducibility and wastes on things like 8K and 16K.
Perhaps it's because our memories are vague that we want to see the people we love, and perhaps that ambiguity is what causes wars.
I think it's because we love the vagueness in our minds that we want to create.
If I could bring to light a memory unique to each person from their soft, vague minds, perhaps my vagueness could transform into someone else's powerful memory. (Takahiro Yasuda)



I hope viewers will have an experience that stimulates their memories. An interview with Takahiro Yasuda (https://www.imn.jp/post/108057201055) is currently available on Isetan Men's' official media, "IMn."