The gallery CREATIVE HUB UENO “es” opened on April 23 (Tue.) in Ueno, Tokyo.
As the first step of the comprehensive cooperation agreement between Tokyo University of the Arts and East Japan Railway Company, the former police box at Ueno Station was renovated and opened as CREATIVE HUB UENO “es”. It exhibits the works of young artists who are students/graduates of Tokyo University of the Arts, and aims to create an opportunity for visitors to come into close contact with works of art that reflect the times. In addition, Ueno Station will be the metropolitan hub of the “JRE CREATIVE HUB,” a cooperative base, and the entire station will become the starting point for various measures with “art” as the starting point, creating a place for social and cultural exchange. The gallery’s name “es” is a psychological term that refers to the “realm of the unconscious,” a space that embodies diverse desires and energies and a small but limitless field of expression.
As an opening project, the gallery will hold “Sensitive Debris,” a solo exhibition by Haruka Yoshino, a contemporary artist and graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, through May 19 (Sun.). The exhibition will feature five works, including the latest works made of glass and photographs that will be updated by the artist during the exhibition period.
CREATIVE HUB UENO “es”
Address: 7-1-1 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo (near the Asakusa exit of Ueno Station)
Opening hours: 11:00-19:00 (last admission 18:45)
Closed: Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the exhibition will be held the following day)
Haruka Yoshino “Sensitive Debris
Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11:00 – 19:00 (last admission 18:45)
*Open 4/29 (Mon.) and 5/6 (Mon.), closed 4/30 (Tue.) and 5/7 (Tue.)
Our lives are situated on a huge pile of debris.
Sensitive Debris is a body of work that focuses on the emotional side of debris.
Nervous, shifting, and vulnerable things are represented, and we accept our contact with them.
Debris searches for a vessel in which to fit, but there is no final destination.
I imagine it continuing its journey to wherever it is going, and try to depict a state in which something unstable that can be quickly broken down is with the emotions.
Haruka Yoshino
