ARTIST INTERVIEW
菅雄嗣と増田将大。現代アートシーンにおいてコンセプト、手法において精妙なイメージを手がけることで注目される両者。同世代、親しい関係にありながら初となる二人展は、コラボレーションしたCG作品での空間演出、文化研究者・山本浩貴氏による理論面でのバックアップなど両者にとって初めての試みが尽くされている。ふたりに話を聞いた。
ABOUT ARTIST

Yuji Suga
Yushi Suga
Suga Yushi / Born in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1988. After studying abroad at the University of the Arts Stuttgart in Germany, he graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in oil painting, in 2017. His exhibitions include "Scraped painting" (WHITESPACE ONE, Fukuoka, 2017) and "Spring fever" (Komagome Warehouse, Tokyo, 2017). He has received awards such as the 4th CAF Award and the Saito Seiichi Award (2017). His works are included in the collections of the "JAPIGOZZI Collection" and the "Sasa Makoto Collection". He is a member of MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY.

Masahiro Masuda
Masahiro Masuda
Masuda Masahiro / Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991. Completed his doctoral program at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020. Awards include being selected for the TERADA ART AWARD (2015) and the Tokyo University of the Arts Ueno Geiyu Award (2017). Selected as one of the "100 Newcomer Artists" in the magazine Bijutsu Techo (December 2016 issue). His works are held in the collections of the Contemporary Art Foundation's Maezawa Yusaku Collection and Richmond Hotel Premier Tokyo Scuola.
ABOUT EXHIBITION


Exhibition
Yuji Suga/Masada Masuda Two-person Exhibition
Venue
YUGEN Gallery
KD Minami Aoyama Building 4F, 3-1-31 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Dates
Opening Hours
Weekdays: 13:00-19:00
Weekends and holidays: 13:00-20:00
*Ends at 17:00 on the final day only
Closed Days
None
Date of presence
Admission Fee
free
Notes