Yuken Teruya: WE BELONG HERE
February 15th, 2020 — September 5th, 2020
We are pleased to announce WE BELONG HERE, the first solo exhibition by Yuken Teruya in Miami, curated by Martin Craciun. The exhibition features an important new body of work, alongside several recent works never shown in the US before.
Piero Atchugarry Gallery is pleased to announce WE BELONG HERE, the first solo exhibition by Yuken Teruya in Miami, curated by Martin Craciun. The exhibition features an important new body of work, alongside several recent works never shown in the US before. Traversing mediums of 2D, 3D and installation, WE BELONG HERE presents a sharp critique of contemporary society through Yuken Teruya's use of monumental landmarks as places of community and commodity. The works on view manifest Teruya's continued investigation into the production of matter, energy and power in the human realm. His artistic production often recalls the Japanese tradition of honesty andsimplicity, as well as his homeland, Okinawa. However, Teruya emerges with a singular voice from his twenty-year experience in western society. Fascinated with the decadence of contemporary culture, Teruya investigates the destructive tendencies of institutions of consumption that are pillars in our capitalistic society, such as banks, churches and museums. By methodically dismantling the frameworks of these institutions, Teruya lays out a legible blueprint for his viewers. Committed to its political strength, the exhibition presents some of Teruya's most ambitious projects to date; Demonstrating his unique ability to dominate medium, language and scale, WE BELONG HERE propels its viewer towards an uncontainable present that exceeds our current mundane experience.
Selected Works
Yuken Teruya, Billowing, 2013, Bingata dye on linen, 169 x 138 x 21 cm., Image courtesy of Betty McGhee
Yuken Teruya, Monopoly (Notre Dame) (Detail), 2020, Foam, pin, monopoly money, plexiglass, 122 x 122 x 13 cm., Image courtesy of Betty McGhee
Yuken Teruya, Monopoly (Notre Dame), 2020, Foam, pin, monopoly money, plexiglass, 122 x 122 x 13 cm., Image courtesy of Betty McGhee
Yuken Teruya, MONOPOLY Dispersed #13 (Detail) , 2017, Foam, pin, monopoly money, plexiglass 91 x 61 x 11 cm., Image courtesy of Betty McGhee
Yuken Teruya, MONOPOLY Dispersed #13, 2017, Foam, pin, monopoly money, plexiglass 91 x 61 x 11 cm., Image courtesy of Betty McGhee
Yuken Teruya, Museum MONOPOLY #2, 2020, Foam, pin, monopoly money, plexiglass, Size: 121 x 200 x 13 cm., Image courtesy of Betty McGhee
Yuken Teruya, Installation sketch, 2019, Image courtesy of Yuken Teruya Studio
Yuken Teruya, Cut down my trunk and make a boat, 2020, Discarded Christmas trees, Dimensions variable, Image courtesy of Betty McGhee
Virtual Tour
Video Podcasts
We are proud to present a video podcast by curator of the exhibition WE BELONG HERE, Martin Craciun. In this podcast the curator will discuss his curatorial process as well as the conceptual underpinnings of Yuken Teruya's exhibition.
