Yosuke Ueno - Asteroid B-612 Online Auction: Inspired by a Saint-Exupéry Novel Hong Kong Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | Phillips

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  • “I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The wheat, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat…”

    — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

  • Catalogue Essay

    A prime mover of Japanese Pop Surrealism, Tokyo based artist Yosuke Ueno offers a highly elaborate personal world born from an experimental outlook not unlike that of a scientist. Bathed in a hazy cosmic glow, Ueno’s is a world beyond comprehension, probing into matters of life and death as well as the timeless relationship between man and nature.

     

    Debuting at just 16 years old in his first solo show in 1994, Ueno has made his name with uncannily beautiful artwork swarming with esoteric references, a kaleidoscopic world populated by a whole host of equally fantastic creatures. Tapping into underground culture, manga, and graffiti art, as well as pop imagery and iconography, Ueno intermingles aspects Japanese, European, and American, exploring themes of symbolism and innocence.

     

    Citing anger as one of his main drives to create, Ueno’s paintings are born from a feverish explosion of emotion, and within such an intuitive process both positive and negative energies coalesce to create highly complex worlds governed by their own logic.

     

    Ueno’s work has been included in major exhibitions in Japan such as at the Shimoni-Seki Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and at the LA Art Show, Art Fair Tokyo, Artfair Taipei, amongst others. Ueno currently lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.

    • Provenance

      Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Hong Kong, ARTboratory, One must look with the heart, 29 June - 12 July 2021

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You are my friend

each signed 'YOSUKE UENO' on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
small 65.5 x 53 cm. (25 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.)
large 91.2 x 101.5 cm. (35 7/8 x 39 7/8 in.)

Painted in 2021.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$70,000 - 90,000 
€7,900-10,200
$9,000-11,500

Sold for HK$327,600

Contact Specialist

Hin Hin Wong
Associate Specialist, 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
+852 2318 2013
hinhinwong@phillips.com

Asteroid B-612 Online Auction: Inspired by a Saint-Exupéry Novel

Online Auction 7-14 December 2021