Yasue Maetake
Period: 2022/12/13 ~ 2022/12/29
Nation: Japan
Genre: Sculpture
In sculptures that are small to large-scale, Tokyo-born, New York based sculptor,Yasue Maetake combines materials such as minerals, assorted animal bones and metals into abstract forms suggesting both the ancient archetypal and the futuristic. Especially interested in the way a material’s physical presence can be viewed as a living agent rather than as a static object, her works draw inspiration from both Japanese Animism and Western Baroque, seeming to be perpetually in various states of motion, transition, or transformation.
Maetake was trained in glass art in Japan and the Czech Republic before moving to NewYork. Her work has been exhibited extensively in the US and abroad including 10th Sonsbeek in the Netherlands, and more recently, at the 58th VeniceBiennale at the Palazzo Benzon. Maetake was recently named as one of “20 international women advancing the field of sculpture” by Artsy and a recipien tof fellowship in the studio of El Anatsui in Ghana sponsored by the Agency for Japanese Cultural Affairs. In 2022, Maetake was awarded a grant from the NewYork State Council on the Arts for the completion of her large-scale project in upcoming years. She earned her MFA from Columbia University in New York.
