![Introducing our participating artist represented by 4649, Yusuke Abe:Yusuke Abe was born in Yamagata, Japan, and currently lives and works in Saitama. Centered on painting, his practice combines oil and spray painting while incorporating various heterogeneous materials such as plastic, cards, video game software, and wood. Through collage and layering, these elements form complex compositions that exist between the flatness of painting and the presence of relief.Abe’s work draws largely from personal memories and formative experiences. Childhood activities in nature—such as fishing and collecting insects—alongside video games, card games, and the unconscious doodles left in the corners of notebooks and textbooks, frequently reappear as visual motifs. Insects, fish, and monster-like characters often populate his paintings. Abe has noted that in his work these motifs are “completely equal in existence” to a casual line drawn with a brush. Just as insects inhabit grasslands, fish live in water, and monsters belong to the worlds of trading cards or video games—each existing according to the rules of its own environment—this perspective gradually led him to realize that humans likewise live within the limited framework of what we call the “human world.”Yusuke AbeSometimes appear from the bushes2019Oil, paper, ink, coupy-pencil, oil pastel, pencil, pencil cap, eraser, clear case, card sleeve, Animal Crossing card, Gameboy Color, glue on wood panel42 x 33 cmYusuke AbeAncient lake2021Oil, paper, ink, coupy-pencil, plastic board, canvas, glue on wood panel46 x 38 cmYusuke AbeLive through the side ditch2024Oil, charcoal, ink, coupy-pencil, paper, gesso, gel medium, hologram sheet, resin on canvas33.5 x 24 cm]()
Introducing our participating artist represented by 4649, Yusuke Abe:
Yusuke Abe was born in Yamagata, Japan, and currently lives and works in Saitama. Centered on painting, his practice combines oil and spray painting while incorporating various heterogeneous materials such as plastic, cards, video game software, and wood. Through collage and layering, these elements form complex compositions that exist between the flatness of painting and the presence of relief.
Abe’s work draws largely from personal memories and formative experiences. Childhood activities in nature—such as fishing and collecting insects—alongside video games, card games, and the unconscious doodles left in the corners of notebooks and textbooks, frequently reappear as visual motifs. Insects, fish, and monster-like characters often populate his paintings. Abe has noted that in his work these motifs are “completely equal in existence” to a casual line drawn with a brush. Just as insects inhabit grasslands, fish live in water, and monsters belong to the worlds of trading cards or video games—each existing according to the rules of its own environment—this perspective gradually led him to realize that humans likewise live within the limited framework of what we call the “human world.”
Yusuke Abe
Sometimes appear from the bushes
2019
Oil, paper, ink, coupy-pencil, oil pastel, pencil, pencil cap, eraser, clear case, card sleeve, Animal Crossing card, Gameboy Color, glue on wood panel
42 x 33 cm
Yusuke Abe
Ancient lake
2021
Oil, paper, ink, coupy-pencil, plastic board, canvas, glue on wood panel
46 x 38 cm
Yusuke Abe
Live through the side ditch
2024
Oil, charcoal, ink, coupy-pencil, paper, gesso, gel medium, hologram sheet, resin on canvas
33.5 x 24 cm
1 month ago
![We will be presenting a new works by Japanese artist Yusuke Abe at Parloir @_parloir_ a new art fair opening tomorrow in Brussels. Please email or DM us to request a preview of the booth.DATES- PreviewApril 22: 4 - 9 PM (by invitation)- OpeningApril 23: 4 - 9 PM (free entry)- Public daysApril 24:10 AM - 8 PMApril 25:10 AM - 7 PMApril 26:10 AM - 5 PMPARTICIPATING GALLERIES- 4649 (Tokyo)- BEIGE (Brussels)- Conradi (Hamburg)- Edouard Montassut (Paris)- Ehrlich Steinberg (Los Angeles)- Eli Kerr (Montreal)- Final Hot Desert (London)- Gauli Zitter (Brussels)- KIN (Brussels)- Khoshbakht (Cologne)- Sophie Tappeiner (Vienna)VENUERue d’Arlon 104, 1040[image]Yusuke AbeTime bridge, 202433.3 x 24.2 x 6.5 cmOil, gesso, wood, glue on wood panel@gauli_zitter#yusukeabe](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739722868631513151823_0_b91a18fd37742b98a2d3f0287362370b.jpg?o=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&h=526ade8b27753965036d3c32641c242d)
