gh Yumi KARASUMARU Facing Histories Exhibition from 10 October to 09 November 2014 Private opening Thursday 09 October 2014 GALERIE HOUG art contemporain 43 rue Auguste Comte 69002 lyon Fr. T. +33 (0)478 429 850 www.galeriehoug.com romain@galeriehoug.com
Galerie Houg presents the second solo exhibition of the Japonese artist, Yumi Karasumaru : Facing Histories Yumi Karasumaru attempts to show that everyone faces histories and stories very usually in daily life. It will be sometimes a history of a person, sometimes a long and deep family history, or can be a history of somewhere special such as one s mother country. Facing such various histories, Yumi gives colours with simple and open mind to what she thinks about or feels from them, and makes drawing as if she talks to them. In the performance, she would create a unique world dressed in floss silk coloured Kimono, the Japanese traditional cloth, expressed by the mixture of sound, voice, rhythm, image, colour, and light. She devotes herself to express her honest feelings having its moment with the Roots or origin she has come from deep in her heart. Since the beginning of the Nineties Yumi Karasumaru s research has developed pictorial images and performances in parallel, in an intense cultural investigation of the relationship between the present and the past of her country of origin, Japan. In the paintings, as in the performances, the artist explores the history and spirit of a people suspended between tradition and the future; she analyses the crisis of a society whose customs have been modernised and westernised, causing deep trauma and unbearable lacerations, reflected in a surprisingly high number of suicides and murders. In the performances, which combine Japanese theatre with western recital, as well as in the pictorial works, the memory of traditional Japanese painting coexists with Nipponese pop culture, with particular reference to Manga and Anime (Japanese cartoon) characters. Her paintings are created from photographic images, often taken by the artist herself, in which family portraits, teenagers in the street in the quarters of Tokyo where young people hang out such as Shibuya, Harajyuku, Ginza interchange with urban views of Tokyo, she shows also Tokyo landscape series. Each painting is the result of slow, patient and meticulous work. The artist uses a very personal pictorial technique, projecting the photographic images onto the canvas in order to accurately trace the outlines of the colours and then fill them with layers of unreal colours which simulate the effect of digital images, concealing the artist s strong emotional involvement. Yumi Karasumaru s new project summarises the principal themes that have characterised her career over the last few years: personal and collective histories, historical and everyday events, which focus on an existential reflection on the strain of living, the difficulty of each individual, even the smallest, to respond to society s expectations. Yumi Karasumaru was born in Osaka, she lives and works in Bologna, Italy and Kawanishi, Japan. Since the early Nineties she has taken part in important international expositions from Europe to the United States to Japan.
Tokyo Landscape n 19-2014 122 x 90 cm
Tokyo Landscape n 20-2014 122 x 90 cm
Tokyo Landscape n 21-2014 40 x 50 cm
Tokyo Landscape n 23-2014 25 x 20 cm
Teen-ager series -Dolls- 2014 25 x 20 cm
Tokyo Landscape n 23 in Asakusa- 2014 25 x 30 cm
Tokyo Landscape n 25- manifesto - 2014 20 x 25 cm
The Halloween Girls- 2013 35 x 25 cm
Tokyo Landscape n 23- Scramble Crossing - 2014 50 x 20 cm
Tokyo Landscape n 26-2014 20 x 30 cm
Story Teller- Il narratore- 2013 Performance
Tokyo Stories.vol.3 2011 - Galerie Houg
Tokyo Stories.vol.3 Exhibition view at Galerie Houg-2011
Tokyo Stories.vol.3 Exhibition view at Galerie Houg-2011
Stories Teller views of th perfomance realized at Galerie Houg-2011
Stories Teller views of th perfomance realized at Galerie Houg-2011
other works
THE TEEN-AGER Yumi travaille sur des images photographiques (qu elle a prises elle-même) et les transforme en dentelles colorées, qui rappellent une métropole bouillonnante d émotions. Elle crée une ambiance pop et inattendue tiraillée entre l enracinement dans des traditions millénaires et un développement technologique inimaginable Quartet 2008 90 x 125 cm The Harajyuku Girls 2004 88 x 122 cm Tokyo Teenager Maide 2008 60 x 40 cm Blown in the Wind 2007 88 x 122 cm The Red Girl 2005 122 x 88 cm The Hiroshima Teenager 2004 162 x 122 cm
THE family Les images de cette série décrivent des scènes familiales qui sont soit évanescentes, soit contrastées, constituant un lien fort avec le passé et la culture de l artiste. Comme les vieilles traditions du Japon dont certaines s imposent tandis que d autres disparaissent. The Family 1995 122 x 162 cm Acrylic on canvas The Family 1995 162 x 122 cm Acrylic on canvas The Family Kunie & His Brother 1993 100 x 100 cm Acrylic on canvas The Little Girls Le fanciulle 2004 65 x 122 cm Pencil and acrylic on canvas The Family - Tanabata 2003 30 x 20 cm Ink and acrylic on canvas New Year s Day 2003 20 x 15 cm Ink and acrylic on canvas
ATOMIC. MODERN CRIMES La vivacité des couleurs contraste avec le thème dramatique traité. La recherche de notre propre identité ne peut ignorer celles de notre pays d origine et son symbole le plus dévastateur. Les nouveaux crimes qui font partie de l histoire moderne viennent se rajouter. À travers les visages de ses personnages, Yumi Karasumaru nous propose un Japon nouveau et confiant. Atomic n 6 1995 60 x 80 cm Acrylic on canvas Atomic n 9 1995 100 x 100 cm Acrylic on canvas Atomic n 5 1995 70 x 50 cm Acrylic on canvas Atomic n 3 1995 200 x 120 cm Acrylic on canvas Atomic n 8 1995 30 x 25 cm Acrylic on canvas Atomic n 22 2004 20 x 15 cm Acrylic on canvas
CURRICULUM VITÆ
Yumi KARASUMARU www.karasumaru.com Born in Osaka, Japan Works and lives in Bologna, Italy and in Kawanishi, Japan Education: Kyoto City University of Fine Arts Academy of Fine Arts Bologna Solo Show (Selection): 2014 FACING HISTORIES, Galerie Houg, Lyon France 2013 Tokyo- MONOGATARI, Studio Carlotta Pesce, Bologna, Italy 2011 Tokyo Stories- Vol.3, Galerie Houg, Lyon, France 2010 It s Our Tokyo STORIES., Mizuma Action( Mizuma Art Gallery), Tokyo, Japan 2009 Tokyo Stories, fabioparisartgallery, Brescia, Italy 2006 BUNSHIN-everyday life, Mizuma Action( Mizuma Art Gallery), Tokyo, Japan 2005 Tokyo AGERS, fabioparisartgallery, Brescia, Italy 2004 FACING HISTORIES, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, Udine, Italy 2002 FACING HISTORIES, Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, U.S.A. 1999 HINO IZURU KUNI YORI, Galleria Luigi Franco Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy TOKI NO FUIN, Prefectural Gallery, Hiroshima Prefectual Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan MODERN CRIMES, Viafarini, Milan, Italy 1998 SPAZIOAPERTO, (with M. Arcangeli), Galleria d Arte Moderna Bologna, Bologna, Italy 1996 TOKI NO FUIN, Art Forum Gallery, Merano, Italy 1995 BANZAI, Galleria Guido Carbone, Turin, Italy Group show (selection): 2014 SHOWN OR TO BE SHOWN, Galerie Houg, Lyon France 2012 Do ut do Art for Hospice, Spazio Carbonesi, Bologna, Italy 2009 Run,Jump and Throw-Athletics in international Contemporary Art, the Berlin City Hall, Berlin, Germany Second Skin, Spazio Paraggi,Treviso, Italy 2007 RED HOT -Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A. 2006 LA DONNA OGGETTO-Miti e metamorfosi al femminile 1900-2005, Castello di Vigevano, Italy 2005 CHRONOS- il tempo nell arte dall epoca barocca all eta contemporanea, Il Filatoio, Caraglio, Italy ALTRE LILITH-Le Vestali dell Arte Terzo Millennio, Scuderie Aldobrandini per l Arte, Frascati, Italy BOLOGNA CONTEMPORANEA, Galleria d Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy XIV QUADIENNALE DI ROMA, Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna di Roma, Rome, Italy 2004 FAR EAST-Volume 1, Yu Hirai + Yumi Karasumaru, Agenzia04, Bologna, Italy FEMALE DIGNITY - Inszenierung der Weiblichkeit in der modernen Kunst, Schloss Ulmerfeld, Austria OFFICINA ASIA, Galleria d arte Ex-Pescheria, Cesena, Italy 2003 MUTA. MENTI & MUT. AZIONI, D406 Galleria d arte contemporanea, Modena, Italy 2002 Small Works, Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, U.S.A. Lavori Domestici, Via Magenta,14, Varese, Italy Mountain Way - I sentieri dell arte per la montagna, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo 2001 Tutto l odio del Mondo, Palazzo dell Arengario, Milan Auguri d Artista 2001, Mart Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy GROUPSHOW, Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, U.S.A. Figure del Novecento 2. Oltre l Accademia, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy 2000 INSIGHTS, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, Italy 1999 Video. it - Young Art at S. Pietro in Vincoli, S. Pietro in Vincoli, Turin, Italy 1998 Nuovi collezioni degli ultimo due anni, Galleria d Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy SUBWAY-arte negli spazi della metropolitana del passante della stazioni ferroviarie, Milan, Italy ROMAGNA-KASSEL, Galleria d Arte Contemporanea Vero Stoppioni, Santa Sofia, Italy 1997 UNIVERSARTE, S.Giovanni in Monte, Bologna, Italy 1996 UP TO DATE, Spazia Art Gallery, Bologna, Italy
1995 ATOMICA, Maniero Associazione Culturale, Rome, Italy Biennale di Venezia, APERTO 95 - OUT OF ORDER, Galleria d Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy 1994 ESSERE IN SE, Associazione Culturale Italo-Francese, Bologna, Italy DON CHISIOTTE, Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna, San Marino, Most Serene Republic of San Marino ARS LUX-Mostra itinerante organizzato da Made in Bo, Milan, Italy Performances: 2013 «The Story-Teller, il narratore», at Studio Carlotta Pesce, Bologna, Italy «The Story-Teller, il narratore», KOROSù-to Kill at Ex-chiesa di San Mattia, Bologna (the event of Arte Fiera- ArtCity Bologna) 1999 «BUNSHIN», Galleria Luigi Franco Arte Contemporanea, Turin «DOMESTIC ART ON TOUR», at Dr. M. De Michelis & Dr.A Kohlmayer, l8th of May, Venice «DOMESTIC ART ON TOUR», at Dr. Gemma De Angelis Testa, 2Oth of April, Turin «DOMESTIC ART ON TOUR», at Dr. Ruben Levi, 24th of February, Turin «DOMESTIC ART ON TOUR», at Dr. Claudio Guenzani, 11th of February, Milan 1998 «DOMESTIC ART ON TOUR», at Dr. Patrizia Brusarosco (Via Farini), l6th of December, Milan «SHORT STORY OF JAPAN», Sancarlino Theater - Brescia Music Art Festival- Brescia Television program «LE NOTTI DELL ANGELO», Italia Public Collections 2011 «The Story-Teller», at Gallerie Houg, Lyon, France 2010 «The Story-Teller», at Mizuma Action (Mizuma Art Gallery), Tokyo 2009 «The Story-Teller», at Coin department store, Treviso «The Story-Teller», at fabioparisartgallery, Brescia 2006 «Koros-Aikiru (I Kill)», at Mizuma Action (Mizuma Art Gallery), Tokyo 2002 «SHORT STORY OF JAPAN», Via Magenta,14, Varese «FACING HISTORIES», Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, USA 2001 «KATARIBE-the narater» ( Domestic Art ), at Dt. G. Masini & Dr. M. Paoletti, l6th of September, Pisa 2000 «INSIGHTS- glimpses and actions between public and private spaces», Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome «BUNSHIN», Galleria Civicadi Arte Contemporanea Trento, Trento «Serata FLUXUS», Chiostri di S. Domenico - ex Stalloni, Reggio Emilia Awards The Museum of Modern Arts, Republic of S. Marino The University of Bologna, Bologna Galleria d Arte Moderna Bologna, Bologna Galleria civica d arte moderna e contemporanea di Torino 2004 «COMUNITA -COMMUNITY» Premio Internazionale d Arte «ERMANNO CASOLI- settima edizione», Jury s Special Award