Naha City
Yuken Teruya Exhibition “CHORUS: History, Nature and Us”
Special event for 50 years of return to Okinawa
- Art / Exhibition
- Real-life event
Schedule
Venue
Naha Culture Arts Theater Naha Hato 〒900-0015 3-26 Kumoji, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Small studio & lobby
Charge
Admission fee free
Contents
Yuken Teruya, an Okinawan artist, went on to graduate school in the United States after graduating from Tama Art University, and has since continued his work as an artist based in New York and Berlin. Until now, he has created works on themes such as the post-war US military base problem derived from the Battle of Okinawa and the natural environment of Okinawa. How did he face and create Okinawa in a distant foreign land? From the gaze of one artist of the returning generation, we will create a space where we can think of Okinawa now and in the future.
*Click here for a long interview with Yuken Teruya about this exhibition
https://www.piratsuka.com/article/4917/
~ A lot of stories spun in Okinawa ~
【History】Iron Storm
Traces of the Battle of Okinawa left behind by an iron storm. Is it possible to create a new story from these traces? What do things that harbor memories of war ask us questions while maintaining a delicate balance?
[Nature] Chorus
Climb, hide, or sit on a mountain of wooden boards. By using imagination, the person who sees it will someday become the mountain itself. Teruya, who has feelings for the lost nature of Okinawa, wishes “I want Baby Utaki to be born more and more.”
【We】Bingata
The history and social situation of Okinawa, such as military helicopters, parachute training, and peace prayers, are incorporated into the balance of colors and patterns of Bingata, and are vividly drawn. Even if the pattern itself is a harsh reality, the power of traditional Okinawan colors gives us hope and courage.
●Profile of Yuken Teruya
Born 1973 in Okinawa. Graduated from the painting department of Tama Art University in 1996. Completed the Master's Program at School of Visual Arts in 2001. He currently lives in Berlin.
Major exhibitions
“Greater New York 2005” PS1 (2015)
“The Shapes of Space” Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York (2007)
“Who translates the world?” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2015)
“Japanorama” Bombidou Center Metz (2017), etc.
Other
Yokohama Triennale 2005 (2005)
The 18th Sydney Biennale (2012)
Shanghai Biennale (2018)
Participated in international exhibitions such as the Bangkok Biennale (2020)
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